# Co-op Academy Friarswood

Co-op Academy Friarswood is a primary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 214 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144207. [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 214
- Council: Newcastle-under-Lyme
- URN: 144207

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, May 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 25 May 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 86% of pupils at Co-op Academy Friarswood met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Staffordshire and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 86% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Coppice Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coppice-academy-e141449): 330 m. Special. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- [Blackfriars Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackfriars-academy-e141448): 500 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, October 2023
- [St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-giles-and-st-georges-church-of-england-academy-e141486): 640 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hassell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hassell-primary-school-e124110): 860 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Langdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/langdale-primary-school-e148517): 920 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Westlands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westlands-primary-school-e150526): 940 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144207)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144207)

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