St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Holt Lane, Kingsley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2BA – View on map
- Phone: 01538702355
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Jared Eccles
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 14 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 26
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.2%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Staffordshire Moorlands average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.2% a year (Staffordshire Moorlands 14.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 74% moved to another school, 26% 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 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Staffordshire Moorlands average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 75% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 20 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: 12th of 19 junior and primary schools in the area
- #10Forsbrook CofE Controlled Primary School74%
- #11Endon Hall Primary School73%
- #12St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School70%
- #13Werrington Primary School67%
- #14The Faber Catholic Primary School64%
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24th of 34 primary schools in Staffordshire Moorlands for Ofsted rating
- #22St Mary's Catholic AcademyGood
- #23St Peter's CofE Academy AltonGood
- #24St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary SchoolGood
- #25The Faber Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #26The Valley Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,677 (2024-25)
36th of 40 primary schools in Staffordshire Moorlands for spending per pupil
- #34Woodcroft Academy£5,778
- #35St Filumena's Catholic Primary School£5,710
- #36St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School£5,677
- #37Werrington Primary School£5,653
- #38Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School£5,620
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