Weston Junior Academy

About Weston Junior Academy

Weston Junior Academy sits in the middle of the pack in Stoke-on-Trent, ranking 27th out of 63 primary schools in the local authority. Its headline metric — the percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — stands at 63%, which is three percentage points above the local authority average of 60%. That places the school in the top half of its peers nationally, around the 48th percentile. For a school where nearly 30% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, this is a solid result that suggests the school is doing a decent job of supporting its intake. The school is not among the very highest performers in the area — the top three schools in Stoke-on-Trent all score 90 — but it is comfortably above the baseline, and its ranking puts it ahead of more than half of the 71 primary schools in the authority.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 KS2 results, the picture is mixed but generally positive. In reading, 75% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score was 103, while in maths 73% met the expected standard with an average score of 102. Writing was the strongest subject, with 77% reaching the expected standard. However, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard across all three subjects was just 5%, which is low and suggests that while most children are getting a solid foundation, fewer are being pushed into the top tier. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, the school was rated Good across all categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2016.

The school has a capacity of 240 but currently has 181 pupils on roll, so there is some spare capacity for new families. Facilities include an ICT suite, music rooms, a library, art studios, a gymnasium, playing fields and even a chapel, which is unusual for a non-religious school. The sports on offer include athletics, rounders, tennis and netball, and there are clubs for science, gardening, drama and eco activities. The school has dedicated SEND provision for moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families in Stoke-on-Trent looking for a solid, improving primary that performs slightly above the local average without being oversubscribed, Weston Junior Academy is a practical choice worth considering.

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