Kaleidoscope School
Kaleidoscope School is an independent special school in Newcastle-Under-Lyme for boys and girls aged 4 to 16. It has 41 pupils and room for 60.
Porthill Lodge, High Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0EZ01782 624689kaleidoscopeschool.co.ukMiss Sam Goodin headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 41 | 30 | 29 | 20 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklands Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 190 m | 37 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases | Pupil referral unit | 310 m | 48 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Ellison Primary Academy | Academy | 540 m | 329 | Good 2023 | 42 | Compare |
| St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School | Church of England | 920 m | 222 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
| The Orme Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 768 | Good 2024 | 32 | Compare |
| St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 457 | Not inspected | 80 | Compare |
| Sun Academy Bradwell | Academy | 0.6 miles | 167 | Good 2024 | 68 | Compare |
| Bursley Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 400 | Requires improvement 2024 | 11 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Kaleidoscope School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Kaleidoscope School yet.
How many pupils does Kaleidoscope School have?
41 pupils aged 4 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 60 places, so it is 68% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Porthill Lodge, High Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0EZ
- Telephone
- 01782 624689
- Website
- kaleidoscopeschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Sam Goodin
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Wolstanton
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 23 August 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149024 · LAESTAB 8606089
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.