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Our Lady's Catholic Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Karyn Oakley

corporate_fareALL SAINTS CATHOLIC COLLEGIATE

location_onStoke-on-Trent, ST4 4NP

language Visit Website phone 1782254832

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

222

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Expected Standard

59%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Our Lady's Catholic Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 63% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady's Catholic Academy is an academy converter in Stoke-on-Trent, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC COLLEGIATE. The school has approximately 209 pupils on roll, of whom 53% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #36 of 64 primaries in Stoke-on-Trent and #7,228 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

59%

LA 58%

Reading62% LA 69%

Writing76% LA 69%

Maths72% LA 69%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading77% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing81% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths74% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

79%

LA 55%England 60%

Reading79% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths79% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA -0.9

-1.8 to 3.1

1.1

Write

LA 0.3

-1.3 to 3.5

1.7

Maths

LA -0.7

-0.6 to 4.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading75% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths82% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.1

Read

LA -1.0

-2.5 to 2.4

2.6

Write

LA -0.4

0.3 to 4.9

0.3

Maths

LA -0.8

-1.9 to 2.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 58%

Reading80% LA 68%

Writing80% LA 72%

Maths83% LA 69%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.2

Read

LA -0.5

-3.3 to 0.9

-1.9

Write

LA -0.3

-4 to 0.2

-1

Maths

LA -0.6

-2.9 to 0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-04-28

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-04-30

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 209 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	209	1	0.5%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	207	0	0.0%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	221	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	228	3	1.3%	0.7%	1
2023/24 (Autumn term)	233	5	2.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	232	4	1.7%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	222	3	1.4%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	221	1	0.5%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	229	4	1.7%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	218	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	214	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	222	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	222	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	212	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	216	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	216	2	0.9%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	215	3	1.4%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	227	2	0.9%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	226	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	226	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	231	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	231	1	0.4%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	232	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	234	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	229	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	228	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 20 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 4 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils