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Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy

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

personMrs Jennifer Craig

corporate_fareST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onStoke-on-Trent, ST4 4EE

language Visit Website phone 1782367550

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Ofsted

Special Measures

Inspected 2025

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Students

404

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Expected Standard

42%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, serving ages 3-11. Ranks in the top 91% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy is an academy converter in Stoke-on-Trent, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 390 pupils on roll, of whom 45% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #54 of 64 primaries in Stoke-on-Trent and #11,822 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Special Measures. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.3 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

42%

LA 58%

Reading68% LA 69%

Writing67% LA 69%

Maths55% LA 69%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading66% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing66% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths63% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

34%

LA 55%England 60%

Reading41% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Writing47% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths46% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.2

Read

LA -0.9

-2.2 to 1.7

0.5

Write

LA 0.3

-1.3 to 2.3

0.9

Maths

LA -0.7

-0.9 to 2.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading60% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths50% LA 73% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.3

Read

LA -1.0

-4.2 to -0.5

0.4

Write

LA -0.4

-1.3 to 2.1

-5.0

Maths

LA -0.8

-6.6 to -3.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

21 January 2025

Inspection Report

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25 May 2022

Inspection Report

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03 March 2018

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2025-01-21

Special Measures S5 ReInspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2022-05-25

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Requires improvement

Leadership

Inadequate

2016-10-11

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2012-01-31

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

2.1%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(4 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 390 pupils. During this period, there were 8 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.1%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	390	8	2.1%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	391	10	2.6%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	420	18	4.3%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	403	17	4.2%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	384	14	3.6%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	419	5	1.2%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	404	5	1.2%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	382	4	1.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	390	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	374	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	363	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	388	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	385	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	383	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	418	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	418	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	401	1	0.2%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	420	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	408	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	416	0	0.0%	0.5%

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 19 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 10 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

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Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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