Schools by area › Stoke-on-Trent › Newstead Primary Academy
Newstead Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Waterside Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 3LQ · newstead.stoke.sch.uk · 01782 235490
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stoke-on-Trent 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 405
- 96% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
- First language not English
- 10.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 41 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% the higher standard. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲33% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Newstead Primary Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Apr 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 65
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (22%) with SEND