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Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Waterfall Lane, Waterhouses, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 3HY · waterhouses.staffs.sch.uk · 01538 308356
On the mapSearch near ST10 3HY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- 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
- 97
- 69% of 140 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 10 families put the school first and 10 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 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124306)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 21
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied