Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs 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
- 28 April 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 9 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 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.) | 211 | 46.0 | 45% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 43.3 | 36% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 195 | 40.4 | 32% | 57% | −0.75 |
| 2022/23 | 204 | 46.2 | 45% | 71% | −0.25 |
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
- Biddulph High SchoolThis schoolThis school202646.0Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- 2.4 km · StaffordshireGood2023
- 4.1 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20231.8applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · Stoke-on-Trent20262.2applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · StaffordshireGood20232.0applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20241.4applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20232.1applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137356 · 860/4143
- Trust
- Potteries Educational Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 867 pupils · 746 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Biddulph High School (URN 124427)
- Address
- Conway Road, Knypersley, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AR
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources