New Ford Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.119 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
New Ford 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 13 June 2023. Stoke-on-Trent and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
New Ford 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 | 3.119 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 13 June 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.119 miles away, the 12th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception distance swung sharply, the biggest move coming from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% 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
- Brownley Road, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 1PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 465 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “New Ford Academy is a school that staff, pupils and governors are right to be proud of.”
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well in many subjects.”
- “This is because leaders have set an ambitious vision and curriculum for all pupils that staff put into action.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 July 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) | 70% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Smallthorne Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Jackfield Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holden Lane Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sneyd Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorpark Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Marys Catholic Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Hamilton 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published