Our Lady's Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.658 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady's Catholic Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's Catholic 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 | 0.658 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 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.658 miles away, the 16th shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Watkin Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4NP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are passionate about attending this welcoming school.”
- “They are greeted warmly by staff.”
- “Pupils arrive at school ready and eager to learn.”
To improve
- “As a result, outcomes for phonics in Year 1 are below national levels.”
- “While opportunities to recap prior learning are present, these opportunities do not always help pupils make links and move learning on.”
- “However, opportunities for pupils to use extended writing across the curriculum can be limited.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 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) | 59% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Christ Church CofE Primary Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Glebe 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Heron Cross Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Willows Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandford Hill Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published