Scientia Academy

East Staffordshire · DE13 0UF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 443 pupils, 20.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Scientia Academy

General Information

Address: Mona Road, Burton-upon-Trent, DE13 0UF – View on map
Phone: 01283248100
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Laura Hands
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

443 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 85
% eligible for free school meals: 20.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the East Staffordshire average)
English as an additional language: 37% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 16.4% a year (East Staffordshire 14.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Staffordshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Staffordshire (the council area this school is in), 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: 6.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 29 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the East Staffordshire average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 65%)
3-year average (expected standard): 54%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
Average test scores: reading 102, maths 102
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

This schoolEast Staffordshire averageEngland↘ Falling Down 10 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 14 percentage points below the East Staffordshire average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 18th of 23 junior and primary schools in the area

=15Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School53%
#17Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy50%
=18Scientia Academy48%
=18Yoxall St Peter's CofE Primary School48%
#20Burton Fields School45%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Shobnall Primary & Nursery School97%
#2All Saints CofE (C) Primary School93%
#3St Joseph's Catholic Primary School90%
#4Lift Anglesey87%
#5Rykneld Primary School81%
#6John of Rolleston Primary School80%
#7Thomas Russell Junior School78%
=8Edge Hill Academy64%
=8William Shrewsbury Primary School64%
=10Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy63%
=10The Mosley Academy63%
#12Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy61%
#13Needwood CofE Primary School60%
#14Outwoods Primary School57%
=15Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School53%
=15Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School53%
#17Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy50%
=18Scientia Academy48%
=18Yoxall St Peter's CofE Primary School48%
#20Burton Fields School45%
#21Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School44%
#22Eton Park Junior Academy39%
#23Horninglow Primary School34%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,251 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

23rd of 34 primary schools in East Staffordshire for spending per pupil

#21Outwoods Primary School£6,333
#22Picknalls First School£6,282
#23Scientia Academy£6,251
#24Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy£6,125
#25William Shrewsbury Primary School£5,878

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School£15,268
#2All Saints' CofE First School£14,394
#3Talbot First School£13,222
#4St. Peter's Church of England First School£12,763
#5St Augustine's CofE Academy£9,860
#6Samuel Allsopp Primary and Nursery School£8,974
#7All Saints CofE Academy Denstone£8,887
#8Needwood CofE Primary School£8,630
#9Bramshall Meadows First School£8,613
#10Dove CofE Academy£7,677
#11Horninglow Primary School£7,508
#12Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,503
#13The Richard Clarke First School£7,459
#14Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School£7,387
#15St Mary's CofE (A) First School£7,102
#16All Saints CofE (C) Primary School£7,086
#17Shobnall Primary & Nursery School£7,084
#18Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School£6,829
#19Yoxall St Peter's CofE Primary School£6,600
#20St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,547
#21Outwoods Primary School£6,333
#22Picknalls First School£6,282
#23Scientia Academy£6,251
#24Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy£6,125
#25William Shrewsbury Primary School£5,878
#26Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy£5,876
#27John of Rolleston Primary School£5,830
#28Richard Wakefield CofE Primary Academy£5,734
#29Rykneld Primary School£5,718
#30The Mosley Academy£5,595
#31Lift Anglesey£5,539
#32River View Primary and Nursery School£3,403
#33Tower View Primary School£2,023
#34Christ Church Primary School£1,777

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