Walton High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Staffordshire
The Rise, Stafford, ST17 0LJ
69
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
95%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.2%
14.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,262
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,289 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
95%
1st preference success rate
204 of 215 families who put it first got an offer
216
Places offered
347
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 215 | 204 | ● 95% |
| 2nd preference | 77 | 7 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 48 | 4 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences | 7 | 1 | ● 14% |
| Total | 347 | 216 | 62% |
1st preference success by year
Staffordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Leese
- Address
- The Rise, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LJ
- Phone
- 01785334917
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Milford · Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142987
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 8% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WALTON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
1,262 pupils · 1,289 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,072 pupils
Attendance
94.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
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 | 48.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 43% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.20 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.64 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 19.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.32 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 214 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.87 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 98 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 212 | 13% | 59% | 83% | |
| Mathematics | 211 | 21% | 62% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 211 | 17% | 54% | 78% | |
| History | 137 | 21% | 54% | 64% | |
| Combined Science | 111 | 3% | 35% | 65% | |
| Biology | 100 | 33% | 82% | 98% | |
| Physics | 98 | 28% | 67% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 98 | 28% | 74% | 96% | |
| Geography | 88 | 26% | 63% | 78% | |
| Business | 84 | 13% | 60% | 82% | |
| Physical Education | 77 | 12% | 53% | 71% | |
| Design & Technology | 63 | 25% | 68% | 84% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 36 | 6% | 17% | 39% | |
| Biology | 31 | 0% | 19% | 39% | |
| Chemistry | 25 | 0% | 20% | 32% | |
| Psychology | 25 | 0% | 8% | 44% | |
| Physics | 23 | 9% | 9% | 26% | |
| Economics | 18 | 0% | 6% | 28% | |
| Sociology | 16 | 0% | 13% | 44% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% | |
| Geography | 9 | 0% | 11% | 56% | |
| Business Studies | 9 | 0% | 33% | 67% | |
| Computer Science | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 9 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 15348: Walton School, Stafford
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 68% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 70% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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 Staffordshire 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.