Hillside Primary School

Stoke-on-TrentCommunity school

Field Avenue, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7AS

Headteacher: Mrs Karen SchonauSchool website ↗Pupils: 230 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Good
Inspected March 2023
Oversubscribed
97% of first-choice applicants offered a place
77%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected March 2023
97%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 21 March 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
77.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
13.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 80%·Writing 83%·Maths 80%All three 77%
Reading
Expected80%
Exceeding40%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected80%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
31
How many got their first choice?
30of 31 (96.8%)
How many applied in total?
55

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
10.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
10.0%
Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
111 girls, 119 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 83% (2018/19), currently 77%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1673.0%12.0%+1.7+3.1+3.1
2016/1781.0%19.0%+1.7+1.5+2.6
2017/1880.0%23.0%+1.7+3.2+2.7
2018/1983.0%7.0%+1.5+1.8+0.4
2022/2375.0%13.0%-0.6+2.7+0.1
2023/2478.0%22.0%---
2024/2577.0%13.0%---
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