Academy converter · Staffordshire

Clayton Hall Academy

11–16Ages
828Pupils
SecondaryPhase
142278URN

Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 3DN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

close to Staffordshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

324 applications for 174 places · 24th of 48 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

46.8of 90

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

14th of 56 in Staffordshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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 Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

324 applications · 174 places offered · 139 named it first

2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2022 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2020 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2017 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2016 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school

This school
Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Clayton Hall Business and Language College (URN 124412), the previous school.

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	174	324	1.9	139	0.80
Sep 2025	171	316	1.9	134	0.78
Sep 2024	171	272	1.6	122	0.71
Sep 2023	140	239	1.7	110	0.79
Sep 2022	183	327	1.8	139	0.76
Sep 2021	143	294	2.1	125	0.87
Sep 2020	184	312	1.7	116	0.63
Sep 2019	197	375	1.9	176	0.89
Sep 2018	199	405	2.0	201	1.01
Sep 2017	200	409	2.1	208	1.04
Sep 2016	200	450	2.3	217	1.09
Sep 2015 *	198	429	2.2	253	1.28
Sep 2014 *	198	392	2.0	198	1.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

140 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.814th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%14th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 38% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%

Staffordshire 60% England 66%

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)0.00

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	140	46.8	46%	64%	–
2024/25	142	45.8	39%	61%	–
2023/24	191	44.4	38%	55%	0.00
2022/23	175	45.8	42%	67%	−0.13

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

Clayton Hall AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
St Joseph's College
1.4 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 63.6Attainment 8 Selective
Thistley Hough Academy
1.7 km · Stoke-on-Trent

2026

1.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
Newcastle Academy
2.5 km · Staffordshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
Trentham Academy
2.5 km · Stoke-on-Trent

2026

3.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
St John Fisher Catholic College
3.2 km · Staffordshire

Requires improvement2023

2.2applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
St Peter's CofE Academy
3.8 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
4.2 km · Stoke-on-Trent

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
The Orme Academy
4.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 42.7Attainment 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: 142278 · 860/4094
Trust: Windsor Academy Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,000 pupils · 828 on roll
Free school meals: 17.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 October 2015
Replaced: Clayton Hall Business and Language College (URN 124412)
Address: Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 3DN
Local authority: Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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