Primary
The Faber Catholic Primary School
Cotton Lane, Cotton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3DN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 72 of 80 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 6.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 70
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
64%
1 points above the Stoke-on-Trent average (63% across 101 schools)
105.0
Level with the Stoke-on-Trent average (105.0 across 101 schools)
33rd of 102 by our score, among the primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent we can score - 125 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 64% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 78% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
Cotton Lane, Cotton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3DN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Staffordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sarah Baxter
- Address
- Cotton Lane, Cotton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 3DN
- Telephone
- 01538702324