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The Faber Catholic Primary School

Cotton Lane, Cotton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3DN

Local ranking165th of 285 primary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: Strong

Primary

Phase

80

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
Early years
Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
64.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
7.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
79.0%
Writing (Expected)
79.0%
Maths (Expected)
71.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
79.0%
Reading avg scaled score
105.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
102.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
106.0
Cohort Size
14

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
71
Boys
38 (53%)
Girls
34 (47%)
Capacity
80 (90% full)
SEND
15.5%
FSM Eligible
5.6%
EAL
0.0%
SEN with EHC Plan
2.8%
SEN Support
12.7%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
19.7:1
Teachers (FTE)
3.6
Budget per Pupil
£9,085/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
3.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
5.1% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 95.8%
  • Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
  • Mixed Other: 1.4%

95.8%

White British

2.8%

Mixed White & Black African

1.4%

Mixed Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

Administrative

URN
138722
UKPRN
10038688
Establishment No.
3300
Trust
ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

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