At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest outcome
Latest visit (Jul 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — achievement needs attention; inclusion, curriculum and teaching, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.
Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement (7 Feb 2017).
- Previous gradedRequires improvement
This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.
School figures
Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in ST7. Where we have them, council (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.
- Pupils on roll
- 661
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
- SEN
- 10.7%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- Attendance
- 94.9%
- Persistent absence
- 11.6%
- Progress 8
- -0.46 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 35.1
- Grade 5+ English & maths
- 18.5%
- Grade 4+ English & maths
- 37%
- Entered for EBacc
- 8.3%
- EBacc average point score
- 2.87
Also: England 25.8%
Also: England 16.5%
Also: England 91.9%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the ST7 average; the darker bar is this school.
Trends over time
Attendance
Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).
- 2020/2195.2%
- 2021/2289.8%
- 2022/2389.8%
- 2023/2489.9%
- 2024/2592.5%
Admissions
- Demand signal
- About average
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- 785
- Pupils on roll
- 661
Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.
Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.
Check your council admissions booklet via the Staffordshire page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 10.7%
- On-site provision
- None listed in GIAS
A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
- Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
- School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
- School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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