Castle Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

1.154 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Castle Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

Castle Primary School 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	1.154 mi

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

What the figures show

The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 1.154 miles, 9th shortest of the 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance; the middle figure was 1.79 miles.
For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Of the 35 Reception 2026 applications, 11 (31%) came from families living outside Staffordshire; 1 offer went to them.
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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: Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4NE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 94 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 20 June 2023

Strengths

“Castle Primary is a friendly and welcoming school.”
“Relationships between adults, pupils and their families are positive.”
“Leaders create a nurturing environment.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, the key knowledge that leaders want pupils to know and remember is not as clear.”
“As a result, some pupils struggle to remember what they have learned.”
“However, some subject leaders are new to their role and have not yet checked the impact of their curriculum on pupils’ learning.”

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 August 2023 (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)	50%	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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.

Thursfield Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
Kidsgrove Primary School 1.2 mi Good
Knypersley First School 1.4 mi Not judged
Dove Bank Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy 1.9 mi Not judged
St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good
Kingsfield First School 1.9 mi School remains Good