Schools in Stoke-on-Trent
112 schools in the Stoke-on-Trent local authority.
Schools
112
Open schools
Pupils
41,490
2025–26 census
Good or better
89%
82 of 92 graded
Academic Performance
4.6
out of 10 · 102 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 11 12%
- Good
- 71 77%
- Requires improvement
- 8 9%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
8 inspected since 2024, no overall grade12 superseded by a report card12 not judged3 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 102 of 112 schools that can be scored
Pupils
41,490
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 111 of 112 schools (41,490 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
63%Asian
19%Black
8%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
3%Unclassified
<1%Ethnicity from 92 of 112 schools (40,790 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 41.1%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- Young carers
- 1.8%
16,751 of 40,790 pupils · 92 of 112 schools
10,792 of 40,790 pupils · 92 of 112 schools
749 of 40,738 pupils · 91 of 112 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 72
- Secondary
- 16
- Special
- 8
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 14
Top primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.New Ford AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Newstead Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Co-op Academy GlebeStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.St Gregory's Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 5.Whitfield Valley Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 7.Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 8.Sandon Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 9.St Marys Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 10.Mill Hill Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 11.Waterside Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 12.Goldenhill Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary9.0/10Good
- 13.Hillside Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary8.6/10Good
- 14.St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary8.6/10Good
- 15.Greenways Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary8.4/10Good
- 16.Norton-Le-Moors Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary8.3/10Good
- 17.Park Hall AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary7.8/10
- 18.Summerbank Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Primary7.8/10Good
- 19.St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary7.4/10Good
- 20.The Willows Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · Primary7.3/10
Top secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Joseph's CollegeStoke-on-Trent · Secondary9.0/10
- 2.Thistley Hough AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 3.Trentham AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 4.St Margaret Ward Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 5.St Thomas More Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 6.Co-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentStoke-on-Trent · Secondary3.1/10Good
- 7.Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 8.Ormiston Meridian AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary2.4/10Good
- 9.Ormiston Horizon AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 10.The Excel AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 11.St Peter's CofE AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary1.4/10
- 12.Haywood AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 13.Discovery AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 14.Birches Head AcademyStoke-on-Trent · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
Browse all 112 schools in Stoke-on-Trent — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- How many schools are there in Stoke-on-Trent?
- Stoke-on-Trent has 112 open schools — 72 primary, 16 secondary, 8 special, 1 nursery, teaching 41,490 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Stoke-on-Trent are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 82 of the 92 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 11 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 112: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Stoke-on-Trent?
- 4.6 out of 10, averaged across the 102 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Stoke-on-Trent schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 20 schools in Stoke-on-Trent currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Stoke-on-Trent local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Stoke-on-Trent covers 112 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Stoke-on-Trent are eligible for free school meals?
- 41.1% — 16,751 of 40,790 pupils at the 92 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.