Springcroft Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.814 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Springcroft Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.

Springcroft Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.814 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The 2026 Reception last distance offered, 0.814 miles, was the shortest of the 3 years published and 19th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 28 of which went to first-choice families; 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Of the 83 applications for Reception 2026, 42 (51%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 16 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Grindley Lane, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9JS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 211 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 23 November 2022

Strengths

“Positive relationships lie at the heart of Springcroft Primary.”
“Leaders, staff and supportive parents work together to get the best for pupils.”
“This partnership working helps pupils to thrive.”

To improve

“In some subjects, however, assessment procedures are not as well developed.”
“This makes it difficult for teachers to check what pupils know and have remembered.”
“Although most pupils achieve well overall, this affects how well some progress through the curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	76%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

The William Amory Primary School 0.6 mi Good
Forsbrook CofE Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Filumena's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
Meir Heath Academy 1.4 mi Standards maintained
Fulford Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good
Dilhorne Endowed CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published