The Cheadle Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire·ST10 1LH
Composite score
50.0
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#2,510
National rank
#285
In West Midlands
#40
In Staffordshire
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
31%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
48%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.31

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 67 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 67 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Cheadle Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
398
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,716
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
86 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

The Cheadle Academy at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, The Cheadle Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 398 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.0 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.0 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 48% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Cheadle Academy their first choice was offered one of its 67 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. The Cheadle Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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