Abbey Hulton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.702 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Abbey Hulton Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Abbey Hulton 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 | 0.702 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 67.6% 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.
- Reception 2026 saw 13 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 66 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.702 miles away, 19th shortest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 0% 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
- School Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8BS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 67.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “This caring school has high aspirations for all its pupils.”
- “Pupils know that staff value them and expect them to do well.”
- “This helps them to be positive and feel happy.”
To improve
- “The school provides guidance to staff on effective teaching strategies for different topics in most, but not all, subjects.”
- “However, some older pupils struggle with applying their mathematical knowledge when reasoning, and in unfamiliar contexts, despite having a good grasp of multiplication tables.”
- “However, teachers do not always check during topics that pupils have secured the basic knowledge they need before they move on to new work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 November 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) | 40% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 13 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.
- Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kingsland CofE Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carmountside Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holden Lane Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Northwood 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grove 1.0 mi Good
- Co-op Academy Hamilton 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published