All-through
Church Lawton School
Cherry Tree Avenue, Church Lawton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 86 of 84 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.0
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LIBERTY ACADEMY TRUST LTD.
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 44.0
- Pupils per adult
- 1.7
- Pupils
- 75
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 November 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
November 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
46%
39.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 95 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 39.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 |
| Entered the EBacc | 9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 11% |
| 22/23 | 10% |
| 23/24 | 21% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -2.72 |
| 22/23 | -1.59 |
| 23/24 | -1.33 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 97.0 |
| 24/25 | 95.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 11.2 |
| 22/23 | 13.9 |
| 23/24 | 20.4 |
| 24/25 | 39.4 |
Cherry Tree Avenue, Church Lawton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
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.
Cheshire East 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
- Principal
- Paul Scales
- Address
- Cherry Tree Avenue, Church Lawton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 3EL
- Telephone
- 01270877601