St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School is a primary school located in Newcastle. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 28/03/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.8%, which is 1.2 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Knutton Road, Newcastle

School Information

Address: Knutton Road, Newcastle, ST5 0HU
Website: http://www.st-margarets.staffs.sch.uk
Telephone: 01782973875
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Staffordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr D Hugill
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 124268

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/03/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 235
Number of Boys: 103
Number of Girls: 132

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.8
Writing
Average: 0.7 Confidence interval -0.8 to 2.1
Maths
Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -2.5 to 0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:84%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:11%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oaklands Nursery School
Oaklands Avenue , Porthill ST5 0EX
4out of 4 872 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School
Knutton Road , Wolstanton ST5 0HU
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School
Church Lane , Wolstanton ST5 0EF
3out of 4 191 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Ellison Primary Academy
Ellison Street , Wolstanton ST5 0BL
3out of 4 481 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
May Bank Infants' School
Basford Park Road , May Bank ST5 0PT
4out of 4 667 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hempstalls Primary School
Collard Avenue , Cross Heath ST5 9LH
4out of 4 1,077 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane , ST5 9JU
2out of 4 536 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road , ST5 2SJ
3out of 4 2,082 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
Westport Road , ST6 4LD
3out of 4 2,780 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Chesterton Community Sports College
Castle Street , Chesterton ST5 7LP
3out of 4 2,963 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Knutton Lane , ST5 2GB
- not rated 2,276 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Campus , Stoke Road ST4 2DG
- not rated 2,962 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
High Street , Knutton ST5 6BX
3out of 4 664 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Merryfields School
Hoon Avenue , ST5 9NY
3out of 4 855 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Pace Education
Black Horse House , 3 Porthill Bank ST5 0LS
- not rated 1,097 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Lyme Brook Independent School
90 King Street , Newcastle Under Lyme ST5 1JB
- not rated 1,767 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Demetae Academy
Linden House , 17a King Street ST5 1JF
- not rated 1,791 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.