Burnwood Community Primary School
Chell Heath Road, Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 7LP
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Burnwood Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Wickham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 585
- URN
- 124221
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
About this school
Burnwood Community Primary School was a community primary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 585 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Burnwood Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 86 | 80 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 41% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 2% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 58% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 57% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 66% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Burnwood Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stoke-on-Trent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 56.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 577 |
| 2023/24 | 600 |
| 2024/25 | 585 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burnwood Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 5.5% | 58.8% | 585 | — |
| Burnwood Primary Academy | — | — | — | 573 | 0.0 miles |
| Ball Green Primary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.6 miles |
| St Marys Catholic Academy | 77% | 2.9% | 21.5% | 241 | 0.7 miles |
| Whitfield Valley Primary Academy | 81% | 5.3% | 62.3% | 474 | 0.7 miles |
| Mill Hill Primary Academy | 72% | 6.2% | 56.9% | 473 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.83%
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.49%
- Persistent absence
- 16.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burnwood Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Ball Green Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Marys Catholic Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Whitfield Valley Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Mill Hill Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Barlaston CofE (VC) First School Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School Primary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Burnwood Community Primary School teach?
- Burnwood Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Has Burnwood Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Burnwood Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Burnwood Community Primary School?
- Burnwood Community Primary School had 585 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Burnwood Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Burnwood Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burnwood Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.