St John's CofE Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

0.885 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

St John'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 2025	0.885 mi
Reception 2024	🔒 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 2025 lived 0.885 miles away, the 4th shortest of 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 17 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 40% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire that have results.

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: Mill Lane, Wetley Rocks, St. John's Cec Primary School, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0BN
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 198 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.1

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 28 November 2023

Strengths

“Children get off to a great start at St John’s CofE Primary School.”
“They quickly adopt orderly routines and become very keen to learn.”
“The school has high expectations of all its pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”

To improve

“However, on occasions, these checks do not identify pupils’ misconceptions accurately enough.”
“However, in recent times, there has been little opportunity to ensure that subject leaders have all the skills and time to check on how the curriculum is working in the classroom.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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)	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: 14 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 14 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.

St Edward's CofE Academy Cheddleton 1.8 mi Improved significantly
Werrington Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Luke's CofE Academy Endon 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Endon Hall Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Dilhorne Endowed CofE Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade
St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School 3.6 mi Good
St Leonard's Church of England First School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade
St Peter's Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade