The King's CofE Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire·ST7 1DP
Composite score
50.1
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#2,503
National rank
#283
In West Midlands
#39
In Staffordshire
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
27%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
49%
% EBacc grade 5+
1%
EBacc average points score
3.20

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
114 first choices, 123 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
173
any preference, for 123 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9120230.8620240.9620250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The King's CofE 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
746
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,301
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
87%
146 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
75%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

School overview

The King's CofE Academy is a secondary school serving Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 746 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 40.1, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

27% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 49% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The King's CofE Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 114 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. The King's CofE 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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