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Schools in Stoke-on-Trent

Search and compare schools in Stoke-on-Trent with map view, rankings, Ofsted context, performance data and admissions research links. Use this page as a local hub before opening individual school profiles or building a side-by-side comparison.

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Starting school in September 2027

  • Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
  • Primary (Reception): apply by 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

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115
in Stoke-on-Trent
Average Attainment 8
41.4
national 46.4
Average Progress 8
-0.32
national 0.00
Grade 5+ Eng & maths
36%
national 45%
Good or Outstanding
69%
of 54 inspected

Averages cover state mainstream schools, the basis of the national figures. Special and independent schools are in the table below but not in the averages.

Ofsted across Stoke-on-Trent

Most recent inspection outcome for every school with a published judgement. Click a bar to filter the table.

Spread of Attainment 8

Number of Stoke-on-Trent secondaries in each band. Click a bar to filter the table.

Stoke-on-Trent schools

Ranked by Attainment 8 — switch the measure to reorder

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Select#SchoolAttainment 8Progress 85+ Eng & maths
1St Joseph's College
Academy converter · Not judged
63.6+0.8184%
2Excellence Girls Academy
Other independent school
51.7—46%
3Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
Academy sponsor led
46.2+0.2537%
4Trentham Academy
Academy converter · Good
46.0+0.2139%
5Thistley Hough Academy
Academy sponsor led
43.7+0.2346%
6St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Academy converter
43.6-0.2137%
7Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Academy sponsor led
42.3-0.6537%
8St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Academy converter
42.3-0.4440%
9The Excel Academy
Academy converter
40.7-0.5737%
10Ormiston Meridian Academy
Academy sponsor led · Good
40.6-0.2430%
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High-attainment secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent

St Joseph's College
SecondaryAttainment 8 63.6Progress 8 +0.81
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
SecondaryAttainment 8 46.2Progress 8 +0.25
Trentham Academy
SecondaryAttainment 8 46.0Progress 8 +0.21
Thistley Hough Academy
SecondaryAttainment 8 43.7Progress 8 +0.23
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
SecondaryAttainment 8 43.6Progress 8 -0.21

Catchment distances and university destinations in Stoke-on-Trent

Most leavers to Oxford or Cambridge

  1. St Joseph's College1.0% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College0.8% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy0.6% (2015/16–2019/20)

Most leavers to Russell Group universities

  1. St Joseph's College30.5% (2015/16–2019/20)
  2. St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy9.0% (2015/16–2019/20)
  3. City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College7.8% (2015/16–2019/20)
  4. St Thomas More Catholic Academy6.9% (2015/16–2019/20)
  5. Haywood Academy2.5% (2017/18–2019/20)

Share of sixth-form leavers, pooled over the years shown (Department for Education destination data). England Oxbridge rankings

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