Newstead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.914 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newstead Primary Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Newstead 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 | 1.914 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.914 miles from the school, the 24th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- 47.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent is 35.1%.
- For Reception 2026, there were 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 33% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3LQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are incredibly proud of their school and rightly so.”
- “They thrive at this nurturing and caring school.”
- “There are mutually respectful relationships among pupils and staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 83% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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.
- Sutherland Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ash Green Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Matthews Church of England Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alexandra Infants' School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published