Great Wood Community Primary School
Vicarage Road, Upper Tean, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4LE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE MOORLANDS PRIMARY FEDERATION
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Brayford
- Sponsor
- The Moorlands Primary Federation (TMPF)
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 177
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- URN
- 145048
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01538702355
About this school
Great Wood Community Primary School is a primary academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 101 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Great Wood Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 20 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 80% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 15% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 85% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 90% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 85% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.40 | - | - |
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 Great Wood 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 115 |
| 2023/24 | 108 |
| 2024/25 | 105 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Wood Community Primary School compares
Great Wood Community Primary School ranked 39th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 3.5% | 18.1% | 101 | — |
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School | 94% | 2.6% | 7.7% | 212 | 0.2 miles |
| Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School | — | 4% | 6.1% | 48 | 1.4 miles |
| Cheadle Primary School | 46% | 4.4% | 27.6% | 312 | 2.1 miles |
| Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School | 60% | 4.6% | 29.3% | 144 | 2.2 miles |
| All Saints' CofE First School | — | 3.2% | 6.1% | 21 | 2.2 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.1%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.53%
- Persistent absence
- 5.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School1.4 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Cheadle Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
All Saints' CofE First School2.2 miles
Primary · Stoke-On-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Great Wood Community Primary School ranks 16th of the 102 ranked primary 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 ages does Great Wood Community Primary School teach?
- Great Wood Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Wood Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Wood Community Primary School is Mr Alex Brayford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Great Wood Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Wood Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Great Wood Community Primary School?
- Great Wood Community Primary School has 101 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Great Wood Community Primary School full?
- Great Wood Community Primary School has capacity for 177 pupils and 101 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Great Wood Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Wood Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Wood Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Great Wood Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Great Wood Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Great Wood Community Primary School is part of THE MOORLANDS PRIMARY FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Great Wood Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Wood Community Primary School compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Great Wood Community Primary School ranked 39th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Wood Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Wood Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Wood Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Wood 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 15 July 2026.