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Stafford Manor High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 439Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 124467URN

Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 9DJ · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Stafford Manor High School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

115 applications for 64 places · 26th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.3of 90
53rd of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 24 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 24 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

115 applications · 64 places offered · 61 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026641151.8610.95
Sep 2025901371.5860.96
Sep 2024941421.5840.89
Sep 2023881361.6820.93
Sep 20221001641.61061.06
Sep 2021891521.7891.00
Sep 2020881381.6780.89
Sep 2019901391.5770.86
Sep 2018911331.5820.90
Sep 201760941.6540.90
Sep 2016611061.7520.85
Sep 2015661191.8661.00
Sep 201449972.0480.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

88 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.353rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%53rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.13
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)8835.322%53%–
2024/258130.625%42%–
2023/248332.023%42%−1.13
2022/239534.123%42%−0.83

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
124467 · 860/5402
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
691 pupils · 439 on roll
Free school meals
44.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 9DJ
Local authority
Staffordshire · Stafford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources