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State secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent

15 schools · West Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Stoke-on-Trent has 15 state secondaries, 5 of them with sixth forms, 1 grammar school among them. 88.5% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 17% to 77.6% passing English and maths, a spread of 61 points, with a middle school at 35.3%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 8 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate. 5 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

15 schools in Stoke-on-Trent. Tap one, or see the full list.
17% 78% passed English & maths no figure

Stoke-on-Trent against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

33%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

12.2% below England

England 45%

39.8

Attainment 8 average score

6.3 below England

England 46.1

23%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

1.3% above England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Stoke-on-Trent

88.5%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

96.5%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

11%

Appeals upheld15 of 135 heard

These are figures for Stoke-on-Trent as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Stoke-on-Trent's 14 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 17% to 78%. That is a spread of 61 percentage points, wider than most councils.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Stoke-on-Trent schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathshistorygeographyenglish literatureenglish languagecombined scienceartreligious studiesphysicschemistrybiologyfrenchspanishdesign technologybusiness studiesphysical educationphotographycomputer science
  1. 1 St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent · 152 entries 94%
  2. 2 Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 200 entries 78%
  3. 3 St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 113 entries 77%
  4. 4 St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 190 entries 74%
  5. 5 Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 143 entries 72%
  6. 6 Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent · 208 entries 71%
  7. 7 Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 190 entries 64%
  8. 8 The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 223 entries 63%
  9. 9 St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 206 entries 61%
  10. 10 Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 232 entries 60%
  11. 11 Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 206 entries 56%
  12. 12 Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke on Trent · 196 entries 53%
  13. 13 Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 271 entries 51%
  14. 14 Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent · 198 entries 45%
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Stoke-on-Trent is a separate local authority inside Staffordshire, so schools in the surrounding county are not in this list. See Staffordshire.

5 of 15 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    17%
    Attainment 8
    31.3
    Absence
    34%
  • Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams Stoke-on-Trent · No inspection outcome published.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    8%
  • Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    42.7
    Absence
    22%
  • Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    28%
    Attainment 8
    37.4
    Absence
    27%
  • Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good.
    Eng & maths
    17%
    Attainment 8
    36.1
    Absence
    34%
  • Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke on Trent · Good.
    Eng & maths
    29%
    Attainment 8
    37.3
    Absence
    27%
  • Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    40.2
    Absence
    24%
  • Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    41
    Absence
    24%
  • St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    78%
    Attainment 8
    62.4
    Absence
    8%
  • St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    40%
    Attainment 8
    43
    Absence
    16%
  • St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    19%
    Attainment 8
    34.4
    Absence
    23%
  • St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    43.4
    Absence
    21%
  • The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good.
    Eng & maths
    29%
    Attainment 8
    37.5
    Absence
    25%
  • Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Absence
    22%
  • Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    46.6
    Absence
    11%

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Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Stoke-on-Trent

3 of Stoke-on-Trent's 5 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Stoke-on-Trent

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Staffordshire 56 schools · 40% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.