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The Weston Road Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 978Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137553URN

Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 0YG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.2 above Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

398 applications for 193 places · 13th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.1of 90
36th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

  1. 22 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 2 October 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above Staffordshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

398 applications · 193 places offered · 185 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.7; 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 20261933982.11850.96
Sep 20251913892.01911.00
Sep 20241973631.81800.91
Sep 20231793481.91620.91
Sep 20221993841.92021.02
Sep 20211963862.01840.94
Sep 20201963781.91981.01
Sep 20191983761.91880.95
Sep 20181813692.01921.06
Sep 20172003361.71940.97
Sep 20161843461.91650.90
Sep 20151872971.61840.98
Sep 20141502531.71440.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

163 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.136th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%26th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16342.139%52%–
2024/2518044.746%66%–
2023/2416146.046%67%−0.09
2022/2318044.237%59%0.00

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

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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
137553 · 860/4183
Trust
The Weston Road Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,017 pupils · 978 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2011
Replaced
Weston Road High School (URN 124446)
Address
Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 0YG
Local authority
Staffordshire · Stafford

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