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St Dominic's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Margaret Street, Stone ST15 8YG · st-dominics-catholic.staffs.sch.uk · 01785 413278
On the mapSearch near ST15 8YG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 11 over 210 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.5%
- First language not English
- 18.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 26 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 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124363)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Dominic's Catholic Primary School on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 54
- 28% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied