Watermill School

State-Funded School

watermill-school-stoke-on-trent-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

Stoke-on-TrentLocal Authority

Stoke-on-Trent NorthConstituency

ST6 6JZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Watermill School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–16, located in Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 254 pupils. Watermill School is part of ORCHARD COMMUNITY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

18%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

254

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 254
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 15 November 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
30 May 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.