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Schools in Stoke-on-Trent

96 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria

Abbey Hill Academy & College Stoke-On-Trent · Good Abbey Hulton Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Alexandra Infants' School Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement Alexandra Junior School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Ash Green Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Ball Green Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Bentilee Nursery School Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Inadequate Burnwood Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Carmountside Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Christ Church CofE Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College Stoke-on-Trent Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams Stoke-on-Trent · NULL Co-op Academy Glebe Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Co-op Academy Grove Stoke-on-Trent · Good Co-op Academy Hamilton Stoke-on-Trent · Good Co-op Academy Northwood Stoke-on-Trent · Good Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent · Good Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement Eaton Park Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Etruscan Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Not judged Forest Park Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Gladstone Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Goldenhill Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Greenways Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Hanley St Luke's Church of England Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Harpfield Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Heron Cross Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Hillside Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Holden Lane Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Jackfield Infant School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Kemball School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Kingsland CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Manor Abbey School Stoke-on-Trent · NULL Maple Court Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Mill Hill Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Milton Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Moorpark Junior School Stoke-on-Trent · Good New Ford Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Newstead Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Norton-Le-Moors Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Oakhill Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke on Trent · Good Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Our Lady's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Packmoor Ormiston Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Park Hall Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Portland School Stoke-on-Trent · Inadequate Priory CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Regent College Stoke-on-Trent Saint Nathaniel's Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Sandford Hill Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Sandon Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Smallthorne Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Sneyd Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Augustine's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Gregory's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding St John's CofE (A) Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Goldenhill Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding · Grammar St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Mark's CofE Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Not judged St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding St Marys Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding St Matthews Church of England Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Not judged St Peter's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Not judged St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Requires improvement St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Star Academy, Sandyford Stoke-on-Trent · Good Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Not judged Stoke-on-Trent College Stoke-on-Trent Strathmore College Stoke-on-Trent Summerbank Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Sutherland Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good The Crescent Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good The Meadows Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good The Willows Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Watermill School Stoke-on-Trent · Good Waterside Primary School Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding Weston Infant Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Weston Junior Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Good Whitfield Valley Primary Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Outstanding

How places are allocated in Stoke-on-Trent

Primary schools: Catchment area is criteria 2-4 for community/VC primary schools. (source)

Secondary schools: Explicit: 'No secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent uses a catchment area' — primary-only distinction from the county's own guidance. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Stoke-on-Trent entrance test format

St Joseph's College's entrance test has two multiple-choice, age-standardised papers: 1. Verbal Reasoning — logical thinking, use of English language and vocabulary. 2. Non-Verbal Reasoning — interpreting visual information, pattern logic and problem-solving. No English or maths curriculum papers. A standardised score around the published threshold (historically 105) meets the academic standard; the school's oversubscription criteria (including Catholic faith categories) then determine priority for its 150 Year 7 grammar places. Test in September of Year 6, results in October.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2027	Test date	2026-09-12
Sept 2027	Results released	2026-10-16
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01

Out-of-area applications

Stoke-on-Trent's only grammar school is St Joseph's College (mixed, Catholic, founded by the Christian Brothers). It runs its own entrance test — register directly with the school in Year 5, test in September of Year 6. The school has NO designated catchment area, and children from outside Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire, Cheshire) routinely apply. All candidates must meet the academic standard; as a Catholic school, religious affiliation can affect priority within the oversubscription criteria, but non-Catholic applicants are considered. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October.

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