Carmountside Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Carmountside Primary Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development and wellbeing are a significant strength of the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "There is a clear culture in the school that attendance is everyone's responsibility."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an ambitious curriculum that is increasingly well sequenced, designed to strengthen pupils' knowledge and skills over time."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school's inclusive ethos is evident throughout daily life and is a strength of the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate and realistic understanding of the school's effectiveness, strengths and areas to improve."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Achievement is improving but remains less secure than other aspects of the school's work."

Early years - Needs attention. "The early years curriculum appropriately prioritises personal, social and emotional development and foundational skills."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure staff consistently check learning to spot mistakes and misconceptions quickly, helping pupils correct these accurately and build secure, foundational understanding"; "Leaders should ensure that the intended early years curriculum is delivered consistently well across all the provision, and that staff are supported to do so"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum is of consistently high quality across subjects and year groups so to improve pupils' achievement".

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Carmountside Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Stoke-on-Trent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 57% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Carmountside Primary Academy as their first choice and 16 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Carmountside Primary Academy are Milton Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Abbey Hulton Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 50% reading, 67% maths); Hillside Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); and Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 77% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Carmountside Primary Academy.

Carmountside 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.

61.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%), Black (12%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 60 pupils (30.6%) received SEN support and 2 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Carmountside Primary Academy had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Uplands Road (opposite), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Carmountside Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 143 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Stoke-on-Trent (280).

In 2024/25, Carmountside Primary Academy issued 6 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Carmountside Primary Academy are Birches Head Academy (0.7 miles) and The Excel Academy (0.9 miles).