Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–9 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2024

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Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.

Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School 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 2024	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Ofsted judged it Requires improvement in May 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire, 4 are Good, 1 Outstanding and 3 have no current grade.
Reception 2026 had 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 15 places.
With 48 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 11.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Uttoxeter Road, Checkley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4NB
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 48 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 11.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 14 May 2024

Strengths

“Hutchinson Memorial is a school where everyone is welcome.”
“Positive relationships between staff and pupils, supported by the school’s values, underpin the school’s work.”
“Pupils value the ‘kindness that lives within the school’, which makes them feel safe.”

To improve

“However, plans are in the early stages of development and have been impacted by turbulence in staffing.”
“A significant proportion of parents and carers raised concerns about some aspects of the school’s work.”
“They are worried about the impact that staff absence has on their children’s well-being and education.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 Staffordshire.

All Saints' CofE First School 1.3 mi Good
Great Wood Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
Cheadle Primary School 3.3 mi Good
Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Giles' Catholic Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
Bramshall Meadows First School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton 3.9 mi School remains Good