Oakhill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oakhill Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Oakhill 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 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25: 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1 mile, nearer than in 2025 and the 25th shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 49 first-choice applications for 50 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 44.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.7% 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
- Rookery Lane, Oakhill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5NS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Oakhill Primary School are getting a good education.”
- “Pupils thrive on their curriculum experiences.”
- “The school prioritises developing a love of reading.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variation in how well pupils express their ideas in writing.”
- “Pupils are not always given enough help to understand the purpose of their writing and how to edit their work.”
- “The school recognises that further refinement is needed in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 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) | 58% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 49 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 Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE (A) Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Priory CofE Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Willows Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Cross Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published