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Sandon Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Normacot Grange Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7AW · sandonprimaryacademy.com · 01782 319097
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stoke-on-Trent 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.74 mi
- 1.19 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 492
- 12 over 480 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 54.5%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Sandon Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.74 mi (1.19 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 67 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.74 mi1.19 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Sandon Primary Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 12 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 46
- 9% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (39%) with SEND