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Packmoor Ormiston Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Carr Street, Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4SP · packmoorormistonacademy.co.uk · 01782 234544
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- 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
- 432
- 12 over 420 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.7%
- First language not English
- 1.6%
- 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, 55 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 123979)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Packmoor Ormiston Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 89
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (13%) with SEND