Smallthorne Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.9 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Smallthorne Primary Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Smallthorne 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 | 1.9 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 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.9 miles away, further than in 2025, the 25th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 51.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 44.4% across 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
- Chetwynd Street, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1PR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Smallthorne Primary Academy is a very happy place to be.”
- “Pupils are articulate, courteous and curious.”
- “They work hard to live out the school’s motto of ‘strive, smile, shine’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school has not thought in enough detail about what pupils should learn.”
- “This means they do not achieve as well in these subjects as in others.”
- “The curriculum is not yet as well planned and sequenced in a small number of subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 63% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 26 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.
- New Ford Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Jackfield Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorpark Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Holden Lane Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sneyd Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnwood Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published