Forest Park Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent

From the headteacher's welcome: "Forest Park is a thriving primary school in Stoke On Trent, serving a diverse and dynamic community. We work together to provide a stimulating, nurturing environment, where everyone is safe, valued and given the opportunity to realise their full potential."

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Forest Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Stoke-on-Trent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 71% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Forest Park Primary School as their first choice and 66 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Forest Park Primary School are St Peter's Catholic Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 67% reading, 63% maths); Sneyd Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 79% maths); Co-op Academy Hamilton (0.6 miles, Good); and Co-op Academy Grove (0.7 miles, Good, 71% reading, 75% maths).

Forest Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Forest Park Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Orchard Community Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

67.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 72% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (46%), Black (17%) and White British (9%).

In 2026, 72 pupils (15.8%) received SEN support and 13 (2.8%) 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.

Forest Park Primary School had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Platform 1, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Portland Street (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Forest Park Primary School 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 646 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Stoke-on-Trent (280), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Forest Park Primary School issued 16 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.