This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 30 January 2012Graded inspection: Good · as Walton High School, URN 124416
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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 entry294 applications · 181 places offered · 173 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Walton High School (URN 124416), 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 | 181 | 294 | 1.6 | 173 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 216 | 347 | 1.6 | 215 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 201 | 344 | 1.7 | 210 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 371 | 1.8 | 227 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 356 | 1.7 | 207 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 206 | 389 | 1.9 | 218 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 215 | 374 | 1.7 | 229 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 220 | 419 | 1.9 | 244 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2018 | 211 | 383 | 1.8 | 236 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 210 | 365 | 1.7 | 226 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 * | 219 | 362 | 1.7 | 243 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 * | 219 | 343 | 1.6 | 215 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 205 | 314 | 1.5 | 210 | 1.02 |
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.) | 207 | 48.3 | 44% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 214 | 50.6 | 50% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 48.4 | 43% | 74% | −0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 48.6 | 47% | 74% | −0.41 |
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
- Walton High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireRequires significant improvement 20261.8applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · StaffordshireRemains Good · improving20242.2applications per place 55.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Staffordshire2026
- 7.4 km · Staffordshire202648.2Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.6applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142987 · 860/4111
- Trust
- Walton Multi-Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,289 pupils · 1,262 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Walton High School (URN 124416)
- Address
- The Rise, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LJ
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Stafford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources