Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Newcastle · ST5 0HU · Staffordshire
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142984
Ellison Primary Academy
Academy converter · Newcastle · ST5 0BL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
329
Local authority
Staffordshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Newcastle, Staffordshire, 329 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 19.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
- Compare
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle · ST5 0EF · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
- Compare
Community school · Primary
Newcastle · ST5 0PT · Staffordshire
Ages 5–7
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle · ST5 9LH · Staffordshire
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 8JN · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle · ST5 8JQ · Staffordshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
- Compare
Academy sponsor led · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST6 4JG · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
- Compare
Academy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST6 3HL · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.1 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142984
Location
- Address
- Ellison Street, Wolstanton
- Postcode
- ST5 0BL
- Town
- Newcastle
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 329
- Boys / girls
- 172 / 157
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 329 / 420 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- FSM pupils
- 63
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SOCIETAS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE SOCIETAS TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lorna Pateman
- Telephone
- 01782613674
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-06-27
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 70%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0