Woodhouse Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Middle deemed secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7DR · Staffordshire
Ages 9–13
- KS267%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM13.2%
1.4 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 146914
James Bateman Middle School
Academy converter · Biddulph · ST8 7AT
Ages 9–13 · 373 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
61%
Overall absence
9.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-09-21
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)61%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.7%
Unauthorised3.8%
- Authorised absence
- 5.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 405
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill85%
373 pupils · 440 places
- Pupils on roll
- 373
- Boys / girls
- 199 / 174
- School capacity
- 440
- Capacity fill
- 373 / 440 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 35.9%
- FSM pupils
- 134
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 9–13
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE CREATIVE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE CREATIVE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Creative Learning Partnership
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracy Price
Location
- Address
- Park Lane, Knypersley
- Postcode
- ST8 7AT
- Town
- Biddulph
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- 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 (middle deemed secondary), Ages 9–13, in Biddulph, Staffordshire, 373 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 35.9%.
Nearby middle deemed secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7AB · Staffordshire
Ages 5–16
- Att82.5
- EM5+0%
0.1 miles away
Knypersley First School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 6NN · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence4.6%
- FSM20.7%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 6LW · Staffordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM38.9%
- Demand1.00
0.3 miles away
Biddulph High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7AR · Staffordshire
Ages 13–18
- Att840.4
- P8-0.8
- EM5+32%
- Absence8.8%
0.4 miles away
Squirrel Hayes First School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7DF · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence7.3%
- FSM51.0%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
Kingsfield First School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 6AY · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence4.7%
- FSM26.7%
- Demand1.00
0.6 miles away
Oxhey First School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST8 7EB · Staffordshire
Ages 3–9
- Absence3.7%
- FSM4.2%
- Demand0.97
1.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracy Price
- Telephone
- 01782973900