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St Dominic's Priory School

Independent · ages 3-16MixedIndependentRoman Catholic185 pupilsNurseryStoneStaffordshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Strong pass in English and maths57%England 46%
Places56 spare185 pupils, 241 places
Pupils on roll185Census January 2024

St Dominic's Priory School is an independent school in Stone for boys and girls aged 3 to 16. It has 185 pupils and room for 241.

37 Station Road, Stone, ST15 8ER01785 814181stdominicspriory.co.ukMrs Rebecca Harrison headteacherAll details

Inspection

This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

23 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.

Average GCSE score45.5
England 46.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths57%
England 46%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths74%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
Trend
Average GCSE score
2018 to 2025
2018: 39.539.520182019: 49.949.920192022: 58.758.720222023: 53.353.320232024: 46.146.120242025: 45.545.52025
Since 2018: +6.0
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure202520242023202220192018StaffordshireEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 11232422151516
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 845.546.153.358.749.939.544.046.8
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths57%38%59%80%80%44%38%46%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths74%71%95%100%93%63%61%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score2.832.823.533.753.242.183.774.15
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry0%0%0%0%0%0%32%41%

Subjects

Results came out for 10 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.

Strongest subjects

Geography87%grades 9 to 5, England 51%
Religious Studies85%grades 9 to 5, England 60%
English Language71%grades 9 to 5, England 54%
Mathematics68%grades 9 to 5, England 53%
What is taught hereOffers music.
LanguagesSpanish6
CreativeMusic6

The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.

Every subject against England, 2025
Mathematics22 entries
68%England 53%
71%England 54%
85%England 60%
67%England 58%
Geography15 entries
87%England 51%
SubjectEntriesGrades 9 to 7Grades 9 to 5Grades 9 to 4England 9 to 5Rank in England
Mathematics2214%68%86%53%
English Language2124%71%81%54%
Religious Studies2070%85%95%60%
English Literature1839%67%89%58%
Geography1567%87%93%51%
Business911%44%78%51%
History838%75%88%52%
Music667%100%100%61%
Spanish683%100%100%54%
Design & Technology633%67%83%50%

In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
43.947.0
Gap 3.1England 3.0
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

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.

Pupils on roll185Census January 2024
Places24177% full
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals
Pupils getting extra support25%47 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan9%16 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls80 / 105
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll185206195189177157
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support26%22%23%20%19%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans6%5%3%2%3%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m41512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate82 per 1,000 people10% lower than the England average
Typical house price£255,000Stafford
Nearest bus stop170 mRadford Street, 10 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Dominic's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy80 m221Outstanding 202299Compare
Christ Church CofE First SchoolAcademy130 m120Not inspectedCompare
Christ Church AcademyAcademy620 m540Report card 202658Compare
Alleyne's AcademyAcademy970 m846Not inspected64Compare
Manor Hill First SchoolAcademy990 m260Good 202369Compare
Pirehill First SchoolCouncil0.7 miles245Report card 202648Compare
Walton Priory Middle SchoolCouncil0.9 miles542No overall grade 202572Compare
St Michael's CofE (C) First SchoolChurch of England1.0 miles184Good 202353Compare

Questions parents ask

Is St Dominic's Priory School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Dominic's Priory School yet.

How good are St Dominic's Priory School's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 57% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 45.5, against 46.8 for England.

How many pupils does St Dominic's Priory School have?

185 pupils aged 3 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 241 places, so it is 77% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
37 Station Road, Stone, ST15 8ER
Telephone
01785 814181
Website
www.stdominicspriory.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Rebecca Harrison
Type of school
Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
Phase
Independent school, ages 3-16, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward
St Michael's & Stonefield
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 January 1945
URN
124476 · LAESTAB 8606011 · UKPRN 10014056

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from