Summerbank Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.365 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Summerbank 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 7 November 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Summerbank 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 | 1.365 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, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 1.365 miles away, 33rd shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance, and further than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 59 first-choice applications for 60 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 stands at 55.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 47.1% 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
- Summerbank Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5HA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this caring and welcoming school.”
- “They are positive about their learning and work hard in lessons.”
- “Deep-rooted compassion and a clear understanding of the barriers that some pupils face do not hinder the drive to ensure that every pupil thrives and achieves well across the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of wider curriculum subjects, the school is in the process of developing the systems to check whether pupils remember these concepts over time.”
- “This starts in the early years and continues into key stage 2.”
- “Although pupils try hard with all aspects of their learning, some pupils do not always record their written work using fluent, legible handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 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) | 75% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Star Academy, Sandyford 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mill Hill Primary Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Goldenhill Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saint Nathaniel's Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitfield Valley Primary Academy 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published