Scientia Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

0.923 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Scientia Academy is a primary school in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 21 May 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

Scientia 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 2025	0.923 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 0.923 miles from the school, the 7th shortest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published last distance.
Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 49 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
There are 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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: Mona Road, Burton-upon-Trent, DE13 0UF
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 443 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 21 May 2025

Strengths

“This is a happy and welcoming school.”
“Pupils feel safe and cared for.”
“They are polite and well mannered.”

To improve

“The school has faced some challenges this academic year.”
“However, for some pupils who require additional support, staff do not always follow their support plans well enough.”
“As a result, these pupils are not able to fully access the curriculum, which can slow their progress and affect how well they achieve.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (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)	48%	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: 49 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 49 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.

Horninglow Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Grange School 0.5 mi Good
Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Not judged
Lansdowne Infant Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained
Eton Park Junior Academy 0.7 mi Good
Burton Fields School 0.8 mi Good
Outwoods Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
Shobnall Primary & Nursery School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published