The Weston Road Academy

State-Funded School

the-weston-road-academy-staffordshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

StaffordshireLocal Authority

Stone, Great Wyrley and PenkridgeConstituency

ST18 0YGPostcode

5.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Weston Road Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 978 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.1%
EBacc average point score: 3.85

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

978

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 978
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

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 22 March 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
23 Oct 2013	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.