Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. We hope that you enjoy finding out more about us. We are a small, friendly, Church of England school set in an enviable location in the Staffordshire Moorlands on the edge of the Peak District National Park.
Children join our school in Nursery at 3 years of age and move on to their next journey at the end of Year 6 at the age of 11 years. The majority of our pupils leave to move onto Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Ashbourne. At Waterhouses, we want all our children to flourish and achieve their potential.
We strive to provide them with all the necessary opportunities to be the best they can be both socially and academically. Standards at our school are extremely high both academically and through our extra-curricular provision. Academically we are at least in line with the Local Authority and national and in most areas we are above.
We have a variety of school clubs to provide extra-curricular opportunities. Our pupils also compete with other local schools at a range of sport's events throughout the year.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Extra Curricular
- Sports Club
- Gymnastics Club
- Gardening Club
- Chess Club
- Music Club
- Forest School
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Primary Science Quality MarkScience
Key facts
- URN
- 143622
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (0 current, 10 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gordon Kneller Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jane Sargent Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Samantha Carrington Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Rachel Linton Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Jackie Pakes Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Joyce Forshaw Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Miss Bethany Jayne Hall Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Claire Brindley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Judith Johnson Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · term ended 2025 |
| Dr Stephen Martin Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record