In 1964 St John’s Junior and Infant School in Lichfield Street closed and the children transferred to Wellington Road. The new school was named Hanley Church of England School, and the Junior children were housed in mobile classrooms until, under re-organisation in 1971 Wellington Secondary School was closed and the Junior classes moved into their building, the school now being a first and middle school.
In 1966 the school was granted aided status, and in 1982 the school became Hanley St Luke’s C of E Aided Primary School, in recognition of its close links with St Luke’s Church.
In 2001 the old infant building was vacated as a new extension had been built onto the Junior building to bring all the pupils under one roof.