Heron Cross Primary School

State-Funded School

heron-cross-primary-school-stoke-on-trent-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

Stoke-on-TrentLocal Authority

Stoke-on-Trent CentralConstituency

ST4 4LJPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Heron Cross Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 396 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 4 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 44%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

396

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 396
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
25 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
17 May 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.