Carmountside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.53 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carmountside Primary Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 July 2022. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Carmountside Primary 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 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 2026 lived 0.53 miles away, the 9th shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 entry, 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
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
- Woodhead Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 July 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders are passionate about creating a school where every pupil feels valued.”
- “Strong, trusting relationships help pupils feel safe and confident.”
- “This is because they take the time to understand them as individuals.”
To improve
- “Over time, the curriculum and teaching have been less than secure.”
- “This has meant that some pupils have not learned as well as they should and have not achieved the outcomes they were capable of.”
- “Although current attendance remains below national figures, leaders have secured measurable improvements, including a reduction in the number of pupils that are persistently absent.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 32% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Milton Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Hulton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillside Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holden Lane Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsland CofE Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenways Primary Academy 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published