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Thistley Hough Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,105Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139068URN

Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Stoke-on-Trent median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Stoke-on-TrentSelective

390 applications for 208 places · 8th of 15 in Stoke-on-Trent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.7of 90
4th of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 6 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 5 May 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to Stoke-on-Trent median (1.9) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

390 applications · 208 places offered · 211 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.4; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Stoke-on-Trent median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262083901.92111.01
Sep 20252103861.82321.10
Sep 20242063211.61870.91
Sep 20232022971.51650.82
Sep 20222353191.42020.86
Sep 20212083191.51960.94
Sep 20202073241.61920.93
Sep 20192103261.62131.01
Sep 20181972721.41550.79
Sep 20171972401.21670.85
Sep 20161371951.41110.81
Sep 20151371901.4980.72
Sep 20141221761.41000.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

206 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.74th of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%2nd of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Stoke-on-Trent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.23
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20643.746%64%–
2024/2520047.952%71%–
2023/2420945.143%60%+0.23
2022/2317544.535%58%+0.19

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139068 · 861/4002
Trust
Creative Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,105 on roll
Free school meals
38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
Thistley Hough High School (URN 124441)
Address
Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent

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