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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 6 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 7 November 2017Graded inspection: Good · as The King's CofE (VA) School, URN 141700
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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 entry173 applications · 123 places offered · 114 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as The King's CofE (VA) School (URN 141700), 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 | 123 | 173 | 1.4 | 114 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 135 | 196 | 1.5 | 130 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 117 | 158 | 1.4 | 101 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 137 | 181 | 1.3 | 125 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 126 | 166 | 1.3 | 119 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 * | 133 | 176 | 1.3 | 121 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 146 | 199 | 1.4 | 137 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 * | 130 | 181 | 1.4 | 114 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 * | 142 | 173 | 1.2 | 107 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 93 | 122 | 1.3 | 67 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 * | 71 | 113 | 1.6 | 65 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 55 | 106 | 1.9 | 51 | 0.93 |
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.) | 134 | 36.9 | 27% | 41% | – |
| 2024/25 | 152 | 40.1 | 27% | 49% | – |
| 2023/24 | 138 | 38.2 | 26% | 53% | −0.72 |
| 2022/23 | 146 | 39.5 | 27% | 46% | −0.62 |
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
- The King's CofE AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20241.4applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · StaffordshireGood20231.8applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20231.8applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Stoke-on-Trent20262.2applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.8applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Stoke-on-TrentGood20232.1applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Cheshire EastGood20231.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Staffordshire20261.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- 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
- 148402 · 860/4012
- Trust
- Three Spires Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 732 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2021
- Replaced
- The King's CofE (VA) School (URN 141700)
- Address
- First Avenue, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1DP
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources