Ball Green Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
Ball Green Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Stoke-on-Trent, part of The Societas Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Stoke-on-Trent (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Ball Green Primary Academy in detail
Ball Green Primary Academy in its own words
The school runs after-school care, from £4.50 per session.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Ball Green Primary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), 56% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Ball Green Primary Academy
Across Stoke-on-Trent, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Stoke-on-Trent lodged 56 appeals against primary school offers; 38 reached a hearing and 3 succeeded (7.9% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ball Green Primary Academy are Ball Green Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 56% reading, 51% maths); Burnwood Primary Academy (0.6 miles); St Marys Catholic Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 87% maths); and Whitfield Valley Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 82% maths).
Ball Green Primary SchoolBurnwood Primary AcademySt Marys Catholic AcademyWhitfield Valley Primary Academy
The trust
Ball Green Primary Academy is one of 9 schools run by The Societas Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
Ball Green Primary Academy has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places, 9 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Platform 1, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill View (adjacent), 70 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ball Green Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Stoke-on-Trent (280).
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ball Green Primary Academy are Ormiston Horizon Academy (1.1 miles), St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy (1.2 miles) and Haywood Academy (1.3 miles).
Ormiston Horizon AcademySt Margaret Ward Catholic AcademyHaywood Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ball Green Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), it was rated Good in September 2022. See Ball Green Primary School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: SEMH
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Results at Ball Green Primary School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), the school Ball Green Primary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Ball Green Primary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 56% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 51% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 54% to 63% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Ball Green Primary Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Ball Green Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Ball Green Primary Academy is in Stoke-on-Trent; for families living there:
- Stoke-on-Trent's school travel policy: School transport
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Stoke-on-Trent is 12.5 (the median across 116 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Ball Green Primary School before it became an academy in 2026
Published for Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), the school Ball Green Primary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Ball Green Primary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 46 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 45 | 48 | 64 | 1.1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 34 | 30 | 42 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 34 | 31 | 43 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 44 | 37 | 53 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 45 | 50 | 65 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2017 | 45 | 52 | 75 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 2016 | 45 | 60 | 68 | 1.3 | 15 |
| 2015 | 45 | 49 | 63 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2014 | 44 | 37 | 58 | 0.8 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Stoke-on-Trent
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Stoke-on-Trent
Across Stoke-on-Trent council
Places available
3,315
Applications
2,953
Got 1st preference
94.4%
Got preferred school
97.2%
All primary applications across Stoke-on-Trent council (2026/27), not just this school.
Special educational needs provision
Ball Green Primary Academy has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places, 9 pupils on roll.
Source: Get Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education.
Absence at Ball Green Primary School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), the school Ball Green Primary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Ball Green Primary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
6.8%
Overall absence
22.0%
Persistent absence
295
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Ball Green Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Ball Green Primary Academy
Are there exam results for Ball Green Primary Academy?
Ball Green Primary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), 56% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 51% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Ball Green Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ball Green Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Ball Green Primary School (URN 124020), it was rated Good in September 2022.
What is the catchment area for Ball Green Primary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Ball Green Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Stoke-on-Trent allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Does Ball Green Primary Academy have specialist SEN provision?
Ball Green Primary Academy has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places, 9 pupils on roll.
How do I apply to Ball Green Primary Academy?
Apply through Stoke-on-Trent's coordinated admissions process, naming Ball Green Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Ball Green Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Stoke-on-Trent is 12.5 (the median across 116 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ball Green Primary Academy?
Ball Green Primary Academy is at Whitfield Road, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 8AJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)