Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Stoke-on-TrentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry377 applications · 208 places offered · 212 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2024 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2021 2.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2020 2.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2018 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2017 2.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2015 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2014 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
- This school
- Stoke-on-Trent 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 208 | 377 | 1.8 | 212 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 203 | 350 | 1.7 | 187 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 222 | 397 | 1.8 | 223 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 390 | 1.9 | 195 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 229 | 434 | 1.9 | 242 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2021 | 208 | 428 | 2.1 | 221 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 208 | 445 | 2.1 | 244 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 220 | 417 | 1.9 | 254 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 207 | 457 | 2.2 | 265 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2017 | 206 | 426 | 2.1 | 234 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2016 | 218 | 384 | 1.8 | 210 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 196 | 353 | 1.8 | 194 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 173 | 288 | 1.7 | 168 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 193 | 34.5 | 28% | 48% | – |
| 2024/25 | 198 | 37.3 | 29% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 34.7 | 22% | 41% | −1.12 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 36.6 | 26% | 52% | −0.99 |
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
- Ormiston Horizon AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Stoke-on-Trent20262.2applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20232.1applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.8applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Stoke-on-Trent20262.3applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Staffordshire202646.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136680 · 861/4712
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,029 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- James Brindley High School (URN 124447)
- Address
- Turnhurst Road, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, ST6 6JZ
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources