St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School
Byatts Grove, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2RHOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 113 schools in Stoke-on-Trent. It ranks 92nd of 102 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024, report published 10 November 2024
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 1 October 2024
St Paul's is an exceptionally welcoming school. It sensitively and actively supports families, pupils, and the community that they are in. Staff build strong relationships with pupils and their families. Pupils and parents and carers appreciate the school's support and the many opportunities it carefully plans for them. For example, the school has its own food and uniform bank, and there are many different after-school clubs that pupils enjoy. These after-school clubs help pupils to develop their interests and talents. The school has high expectations that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), will do well in all aspects of the curriculum and their personal development. However, these expectations are not realised for all pupils. For example, pupils do not learn the early reading skills they need quickly enough. Everyone knows and understands the school's values of 'friendship, compassion, and endurance'. These values help pupils to know how to behave and act towards each other. As a result, behaviour is good. Pupils are happy, feel safe, and treat each other with kindness. They are proud to be part of the school. Pupils are becoming increasingly aspirational, saying they 'come to school to learn more and be more'.
What the school should improve
- Early reading strategies are not consistently taught well. Pupils at the early stages of reading are not consistently given books which match the sounds and words they know. As a result, a significant number of pupils are not learning and remembering the sounds that they should know and are making slow progress in learning to read. The school should ensure that phonics is taught consistently well so that pupils make better progress in early reading.
- Sometimes teachers do not have the confidence or expertise to implement and adapt the curriculum. In these lessons, pupils are not being helped as well as they could be to develop oracy skills, a deeper understanding of concepts taught or to remember more. The school should identify the further professional development and support that is needed to support teachers in delivering the curriculum, so that all pupils achieve as well as they could.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
42 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
239 pupils on roll, with places for 345
Schools near St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Gregory's Catholic Academy | 0.2 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | 78% met the expected standard |
| Sutherland Primary Academy | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 61% met the expected standard |
| The Meadows Primary Academy | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 70% met the expected standard |
| Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy | 0.8 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 67% met the expected standard |
| Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff | 0.9 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 71% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Clews
- Phone
- 01782235051
- Address
- Byatts Grove, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2RH
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- URN
- 124227
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.