St Matthews Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.197 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthews Church of England 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.
St Matthews Church of England 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 | 2.197 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 2.197 miles away, the 20th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 13.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent, with 68 pupils on roll in January 2026.
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
- St Matthew's Ce Academy, Lightwood Road, Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7NE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and confident and thrive at St Matthews because they are surrounded by warm, caring staff who know them exceptionally well.”
- “Classrooms are calm, purposeful places.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and feel proud of what they achieve.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always the case in writing, where some mistakes are not corrected quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 56% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- St Augustine's Catholic Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandon Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alexandra Junior School 1.5 mi Good
- Alexandra Infants' School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newstead Primary Academy 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Crescent Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published