Kemball School

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

Stoke-on-TrentLocal Authority

Stoke-on-Trent SouthConstituency

ST3 3JDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Kemball School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 227 pupils. Kemball School is part of ORCHARD COMMUNITY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

62%

Asian

18%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

227

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 227
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ORCHARD COMMUNITY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 7 December 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.