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Whitfield Valley Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Oxford Road, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 6TD · whitfieldv.org.uk · 01782 234570
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stoke-on-Trent 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.53 mi
- 0.85 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 474
- 54 over 420 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62.7%
- First language not English
- 10.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.53 mi (850 m) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 88% 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 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.53 mi0.85 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Whitfield Valley Primary Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 9 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124216), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124216)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 37
- 8% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied