Primary school

Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • ST6 8BZ
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,300 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 9%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 9%9%2016/17: top 24%2017/18: top 37%2018/19: top 50%2022/23: top 10%2023/24: top 15%2024/25: top 9%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM83% · West Midlands 65%10/10 Top 10%+43.9 pts
Higher standard, RWM7% · West Midlands 7%5/10 Middle−20.9 pts
Reading score105 · West Midlands 1054/10 Below−5.5 pts
Maths score106 · West Midlands 1057/10 Above+34.7 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 79% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 75% · 28 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 72% · 32 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 67% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 80% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 77% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 83% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 65%83%67%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 7% · 29 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 4% · 28 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 13% · 32 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 13% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 7% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 17% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 7% · 30 pupils · West Midlands 7%17%4%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 106 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 28 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 107 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 104 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 107 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 107 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 105107102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 29 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 28 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 106 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 106 · 30 pupils · West Midlands 105106103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.5%
28 of 29 who put it first2014 · 75.0%2026 · 96.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2928
2nd111
3rd70

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2017Good
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026233
Free school meals (past 6 years)42.8%
First language not English5.1%
SEN support10.7%
EHC plan1.3%
Absence (sessions missed)4.4%
Persistently absent pupils8.2%

Girls 48.3%Boys 51.7%

83.5% full · 279 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher25.9
Pupils per adult14.6
  • Classroom teachers 5
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 4.5
  • Other support 5.4

Teachers 9 FTE · Whole workforce 18.9 · 25 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,462
Spend per pupil£4,889
Staff spend per pupil£3,406
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£368,000in-year balance

Grants £6,205 · self-generated £256 · premises £150 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST (3 academies) · trust reserve £294,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it