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Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Stoke-on-Trent
Milton Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6LG
57
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.3%
29.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,184
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
227 of 310 families who put it first got an offer
233
Places offered
567
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 310 | 227 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 157 | 5 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 54 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 46 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 567 | 233 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Stoke-on-Trent lets families list 5 preferences. 11 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Anna Steele
- Address
- Milton Road, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6LG
- Phone
- 01782882700
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Ward / constituency
- Moorcroft & Sneyd Green · Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140633
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
1,184 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 21
25 November 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,232 pupils
Attendance
89.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
6.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 39.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.57 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 29.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 51.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 31.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 242 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 241 | 7% | 33% | 59% | |
| English Language | 241 | 12% | 41% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 223 | 7% | 37% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 202 | 1% | 16% | 34% | |
| Art and Design | 94 | 15% | 63% | 90% | |
| Geography | 88 | 10% | 38% | 49% | |
| History | 81 | 6% | 32% | 48% | |
| Spanish | 81 | 5% | 33% | 47% | |
| Religious Studies | 50 | 4% | 32% | 56% | |
| Social Studies | 49 | 4% | 18% | 31% | |
| Biology | 37 | 19% | 51% | 70% | |
| Physical Education | 32 | 38% | 72% | 78% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Stoke-on-Trent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.