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Best secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent

14 of 18 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Stoke-on-Trent schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent grammar 0.81 Not judged oversubscribed 1.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent 0.25 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent 0.23 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent 0.21 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.21 Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent hidden gem -0.24 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.44 Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent hidden gem -0.55 Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.57 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.58 Not judged undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.65 Requires improvement about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent hidden gem -0.65 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent -0.95 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke on Trent -1.12 Good improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Stoke-on-Trent

4 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Stoke-on-Trent, not a fairer one.

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