Alexandra Infants' School, Stoke-on-Trent

Requires Improvement
Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Ages 37

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~417m)Possible (~595m)Unlikely (~774m)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Adele Lupton
Pupils:171 / 203 capacity
LA:Stoke-on-Trent
Phone:01782235505
Address:Melville Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4PZ
Trust:THE NEW GUILD TRUST
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open
Opened:1 July 2018

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Requires Improvement

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Requires Improvement

Early Years

Inspected 29 November 2022
URN:143489
UKPRN:10063119
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Stoke-on-Trent South
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Requires Improvement at its November 2022 inspection — unchanged since its previous inspection.

Rated Good for

Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

Areas Ofsted flagged

Quality of education (Requires Improvement), Early years (Requires Improvement).

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At a Glance

35.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

25 responses
Would recommend96%
Child is happy100%
Well taught92%
Good progress88%
Feels safe100%
Well behaved96%
Bullying dealt with16%
Kept informed92%
Handles concerns64%
Wider development96%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

17.1

Avg class size

23.0

Infant (KS1)

10

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Bus Stops

Upper Normacot Road (adj)
210m · 3 min walk
Alexandra Road (adj)
263m · 4 min walk
Longton Cottage Hospital (adj)
335m · 5 min walk
Longton Fire Station (adj)
356m · 6 min walk
Chatfield Place (opp)
400m · 7 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

84%

Available places

171 pupils

203 capacity

32 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - Stoke-on-Trent

Low pressure
New homes approved:3,431
Projected new pupils:858

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Stoke-on-Trent

Admissions Demand - Stoke-on-Trent

Low demand0.89x oversubscription

Places available

3,375

Applications

3,008

Got 1st preference

95.3%

Got preferred school

98.1%

Primary admissions across Stoke-on-Trent (2025/26)

Inspection History(2)

29 November 2022
Requires Improvement
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsRequires Improvement
13 July 2016
Requires Improvement
Leadership & ManagementGood

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

10.31729%

Overall absence

37.16814%

Persistent absence

113

Enrolments

Authorised6.51258%
Unauthorised3.8047%
Persistent (10%+)37.16814%
Severe (50%+)3.53982%

Absence trend

5.74273%
18/19
6.86818%
20/21
11.80981%
21/22
11.66495%
22/23
11.38546%
23/24
10.31729%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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