Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Stoke-on-TrentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 10 February 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 20 October 2021Graded inspection: 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 hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry483 applications · 146 places offered · 182 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2025 3.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2024 3.5; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2023 2.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2021 2.2; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2020 2.3; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2017 1.8; Stoke-on-Trent median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Stoke-on-Trent median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Stoke-on-Trent median
Dashed bars: as Trentham High School (URN 124388), 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 | 146 | 483 | 3.3 | 182 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2025 | 154 | 473 | 3.1 | 162 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 146 | 508 | 3.5 | 181 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 148 | 417 | 2.8 | 165 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 164 | 352 | 2.2 | 153 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 150 | 336 | 2.2 | 136 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 148 | 344 | 2.3 | 109 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 163 | 261 | 1.6 | 138 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 144 | 245 | 1.7 | 124 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 136 | 250 | 1.8 | 113 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 156 | 296 | 1.9 | 124 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 * | 126 | 263 | 2.1 | 98 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 124 | 239 | 1.9 | 89 | 0.72 |
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.) | 149 | 46.0 | 39% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 147 | 46.6 | 44% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 50.8 | 53% | 72% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 143 | 49.1 | 43% | 62% | +0.02 |
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
- Trentham AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 63.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.8applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · StaffordshireGood20241.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Stoke-on-Trent20261.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20222.2applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Stoke-on-TrentGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · StaffordshireGood20232.1applications per place 31.9Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Stoke-on-Trent20261.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 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
- 144558 · 861/4042
- Trust
- City Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 794 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- Trentham High School (URN 124388)
- Address
- Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8PQ
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources