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Haywood Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy
High Lane, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 7AB · clt.haywood.coop · 01782 853535
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Stoke-on-Trent 39.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.73 mi
- 2.79 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Criterion 6 · Stoke On Trent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,080
- 30 over 1,050 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- City Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2025, the last place offered under “Criterion 6” went to a home 1.73 mi (2.79 km) from the school. Source: Stoke On Trent Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 149 families put the school first and 192 places were offered; 100% 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 | 192 | 149 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 208 | 180 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 209 | 147 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 160 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 237 | 190 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.73 mi2.79 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.1, and 17% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stoke-on-Trent it was 39.8, and across England 46.
In 2023/24 the average A level result was grade E+ (11.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼17.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼43.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼4.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.85 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.9 | −8.4 |
| Sixth form college | 9.6 | −11.1 |
| Further education | 65.7 | +16.4 |
| Other education | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −1.7 |
| Employment | 2.9 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.8 | +4.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +0.5 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 students | — | Well below average -0.84 | |
| 4 students | — | Well below average -0.84 | |
| 7 students | Pass (15) | Well below average -0.94 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 9 | E+ (11.9) | -0.88 |
| 2022/23 | 18 | D- (16.3) | — |
| 2021/22 | 13 | D (20.2) | — |
| 2018/19 | 40 | D (20.4) | -0.71 |
| 2017/18 | 48 | D- (16.7) | -0.48 |
| 2016/17 | 46 | D (20) | -0.32 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 19 | +7.2 |
| Further and other education | 19.1 | +1.5 |
| Further education | 9.5 | — |
| Other education | 9.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 9.5 | +3.6 |
| Employment | 19 | −10.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 28.6 | +5.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 | −7 |
Ofsted
Haywood Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
47% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 47%
- Replies
- 30
- 3% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 73% who had a child bullied