Other independent special school
Staffordshire · ST10 3ER · Staffordshire
Ages 11–17
1.8 miles away
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Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy
Academy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST10 3HY
Ages 3–11 · 97 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
0.94 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-07-03
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)4.2%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 72
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.94 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
16
Places offered
19
1st-preference offers
16
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 21
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 17
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill69%
97 pupils · 140 places
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Boys / girls
- 44 / 53
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 97 / 140 (69%)
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lichfield
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE MOORLANDS PRIMARY FEDERATION
- Academy trust
- THE MOORLANDS PRIMARY FEDERATION
- Sponsor
- The Moorlands Primary Federation (TMPF)
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Linton
Location
- Address
- Waterfall Lane, Waterhouses
- Postcode
- ST10 3HY
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 97 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 7.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Lichfield.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Linton
- Telephone
- 01538308356