Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy
General Information
- Address: Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4TP – View on map
- Phone: 01782486341
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Luci Baker Rachel McNamara
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 66 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 89% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 12 · 2025 13 · 2026 11
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 104
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.6%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Stoke-on-Trent average)
- English as an additional language: 69% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.8% a year (Stoke-on-Trent 13.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Stoke-on-Trent: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Speech, language and communication 16 places · 14 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 30 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Stoke-on-Trent average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 78% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 106
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 24th of 64 junior and primary schools in the area
- #22Park Hall Academy69%
- #23Sandford Hill Primary School68%
- =24Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy67%
- =24Harpfield Primary Academy67%
- =24Priory CofE Academy67%
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1st of 46 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for Ofsted rating
- #1Belgrave St Bartholomew's AcademyOutstanding
- #2Co-op Academy GlebeOutstanding
- #3Mill Hill Primary AcademyOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,007 (2024-25)
3rd of 61 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for spending per pupil
- #1Abbey Hulton Primary School£8,618
- #2St Matthews Church of England Academy£8,167
- #3Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy£8,007
- #4Carmountside Primary Academy£7,698
- #5Harpfield Primary Academy£7,687
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