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Christ Church Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 9–13 · Academy
Old Road, Stone ST15 8JD · christchurchacademy.co.uk · 01785 334900
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2024
- Pupils
- 540
- 95% of 566 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2024, 5 families put the school first and 12 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 5 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 16 | 13 | 0.8 | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Christ Church Academy on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 62
- 11% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (21%) with SEND