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Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Westport Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 4LD · stokeontrent.coopacademies.co.uk · 01782 882300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Stoke-on-Trent 39.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.72 mi
- 2.78 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Criterion 3 · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,300
- 70 over 1,230 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56.5%
- First language not English
- 36.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2025, the last place offered under “Criterion 3” went to a home 1.72 mi (2.78 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 272 families put the school first and 264 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 264 | 272 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 259 | 289 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 265 | 257 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 264 | 246 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 264 | 239 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 3 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.72 mi2.78 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 37.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 39.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.52 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.1 | +3.3 |
| Sixth form college | 32.2 | −2.3 |
| Further education | 35.5 | −8.7 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | −0.7 |
| Employment | 2.3 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.1 | +1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 9.8 | +6.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 4 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
55% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (33 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 55%
- Replies
- 33
- 3% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 64% who had a child bullied