Co-op Academy Hamilton
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.329 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Co-op Academy Hamilton is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Co-op Academy Hamilton 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 | 0.329 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.329 miles away: 5th shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.38 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 66 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools.
- 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place; the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- 39.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 49% 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
- Barthomley Road, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6NW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Guided by the 'MAGIC' values of motivation, attitude, gumption, independence and communication, pupils flourish at this highly inclusive school.”
- “Pupils feel proud to belong to a warm and welcoming community.”
- “Pupils trust staff to support them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “Leaders should ensure that the school’s expansion into key stage 2 is managed effectively so that the existing high standards of provision are sustained and built on.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 George and St Martin's Catholic Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grove 0.2 mi Good
- Sneyd Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Northwood 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Forest Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holden Lane Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published