The Crescent Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.844 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Crescent Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Crescent Academy 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 | 3.844 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 3.844 miles away, the 5th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance, further away than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), while 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 entry: 75 first-choice applications for 79 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 60.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent is 35.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Pinewood Crescent, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 6HZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 708 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are provided with the best possible start to their education at The Crescent Academy.”
- “This stems from the high levels of ambition the school has for all pupils.”
- “The school’s vision to ‘enrich through experiences, to educate and enjoy learning’ is realised.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2024 (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) | 72% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 75 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 Stoke-on-Trent.
- Weston Junior Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sandon Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Park Hall Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alexandra Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- Weston Infant Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Alexandra Infants' School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published