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Co-op Academy Hamilton
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Barthomley Road, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 6NW · hamilton.coopacademies.co.uk · 01782 234420
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 0.33 mi
- 0.53 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 136
- 57% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.5%
- First language not English
- 21.3%
- 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 0.33 mi (530 m) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.33 mi0.53 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Co-op Academy Hamilton on 14 April 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: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 30
- 20% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied