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Sir Thomas Boughey Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 445Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145047URN

Station Road, Halmer End, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8AP · 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
1.5per place
0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

135 applications for 90 places · 46th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.8of 90
48th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 9 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
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. 8 February 2022
    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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

135 applications · 90 places offered · 83 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Sir Thomas Boughey High School (URN 124393), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026901351.5830.92
Sep 2025981511.5940.96
Sep 2024791441.8720.91
Sep 2023921441.6760.83
Sep 2022951431.5870.92
Sep 2021981581.6950.97
Sep 20201091621.5990.91
Sep 20191261791.41130.90
Sep 2018891731.9820.92
Sep 2017 *1312041.61180.90
Sep 2016 *1432311.61360.95
Sep 2015 *1442261.61340.93
Sep 2014 *1472131.51410.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

84 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.848th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%46th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths39%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.46
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)8437.827%39%–
2024/2510835.119%37%–
2023/2411739.329%52%−0.46
2022/238140.333%58%−0.21

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145047 · 860/4060
Trust
Windsor Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
785 pupils · 445 on roll
Free school meals
27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Replaced
Sir Thomas Boughey High School (URN 124393)
Address
Station Road, Halmer End, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8AP
Local authority
Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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