Park Hall Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.943 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Park Hall Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Park Hall 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 | 1.943 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 15% of pupils, against a middle figure of 51.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.943 miles, the 23rd longest of the 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% 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
- Carberry Way, Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 5QU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 460 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Park Hall is a school where pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend regularly.”
- “Parents and carers highly commend the school for the support their children receive.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils at the early stages of writing do not form letters correctly or punctuate sentences accurately.”
- “Furthermore, some more confident writers are not provided enough opportunities to apply their writing skills independently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.
- Weston Junior Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Weston Infant Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Alexandra Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Alexandra Infants' School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Crescent Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Gladstone Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sandon Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published