Other independent special school
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 3SD · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 5–11
0.6 miles away
OpenOfsted: GoodURN 141559
Church Lawton School
Free schools special · Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 3EL
Ages 4–19 · 86 pupils · Cheshire East
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
20.4
Overall absence
12.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-1.33
−20+2
Attainment 820.4
English & maths grade 5+21%
English & maths grade 4+29%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 1.9
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 97.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 96.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence12.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)37.7%
Unauthorised4.3%
- Authorised absence
- 8.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 77
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
86 pupils · 84 places
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- Boys / girls
- 60 / 26
- School capacity
- 84
- Capacity fill
- 86 / 84 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- FSM pupils
- 24
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools special
Age range
Ages 4–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.
- Academy trust
- LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.
- Sponsor
- Liberty Academy Trust Ltd.
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Scales
Location
- Address
- Cherry Tree Avenue, Church Lawton
- Postcode
- ST7 3EL
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- District
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools special, Ages 4–19, in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East, 86 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 30.4%.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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- FSM22.5%
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Ages 2–11
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- Absence5.0%
- FSM14.1%
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- Absence4.5%
- FSM2.5%
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The Reginald Mitchell Primary School
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Ages 3–11
- KS283%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM25.5%
- Demand1.00
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Scales
- Telephone
- 01270877601