St Mark's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.467 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mark's CofE Primary School 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 15 October 2024. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Mark's CofE Primary 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 2026 | 1.467 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.467 miles away, nearer than in 2025, the 32nd longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 57 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 57.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 46.7% 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
- Wood Terrace, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4LR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 449 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school that is full of smiles.”
- “Staff want pupils to achieve their best.”
- “Pupils thrive personally and socially.”
To improve
- “However, despite recent improvements, pupils do not learn as well as they should across the curriculum and in national assessments.”
- “Many pupils move in and out of the school over time and this has an impact on their learning.”
- “However, the improvements made are only just starting to have an impact on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2024 (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) | 44% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- Etruscan Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Waterside Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Forest Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Northwood 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grove 1.1 mi Good
- The Willows Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published