Pikemere School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Alsager · ST7 2SW · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM7.1%
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 140108
Alsager School
Academy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 2HR
Ages 11–18 · 1,528 pupils · Cheshire East
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
50.2
Overall absence
7.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.21
−20+2
Attainment 850.2
English & maths grade 5+55%
English & maths grade 4+75%
EBacc entry78%
EBacc APS: 4.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.3%
Unauthorised1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,331
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
1,528 pupils · 1,575 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,528
- Boys / girls
- 769 / 759
- School capacity
- 1,575
- Capacity fill
- 1,528 / 1,575 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 14%
- FSM pupils
- 182
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE CORNOVII TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE CORNOVII TRUST
- Sponsor
- Alsager Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea O'Neill
Location
- Address
- Hassall Road, Alsager
- Postcode
- ST7 2HR
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- District
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East, 1,528 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cranberry Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Primary
ST7 2LE · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM10.5%
0.4 miles away
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 2PG · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM2.5%
0.5 miles away
Alsager Highfields Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 2NW · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- KS238%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM22.5%
0.6 miles away
Excalibur Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 2RQ · Cheshire East
Ages 4–11
- KS288%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM8.7%
1.2 miles away
Other independent special school
Alsager · ST7 2UX · Cheshire East
Ages 11–16
1.4 miles away
Other independent special school
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 3SD · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 5–11
1.5 miles away
Rode Heath Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 3RY · Cheshire East
Ages 3–11
- KS286%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM11.4%
1.6 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea O'Neill
- Telephone
- 01270871100