St John's CofE Primary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

2.645 miles

Furthest distance (miles): "2.645" · Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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St John's CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Newcastle, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.

St John's CofE Primary Academy 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	2.645 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 2.645 miles away, the 8th longest of the 27 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 30 places.
6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 32.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
There are 15.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 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: Quarry Bank Road, Keele, Newcastle, ST5 5AF
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 155 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.3

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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 Luke's CofE (C) Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged
Silverdale Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good
The Meadows Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy 1.7 mi Some aspects not as strong
Westlands Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Alsagers Bank Primary Academy 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
Seabridge Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade