The King's CofE Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 1DP · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att838.2
- P8-0.7
- EM5+26%
- Absence10.2%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 146635
Kidsgrove Secondary School
Academy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 4DL
Ages 11–16 · 394 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
38.8
Overall absence
7.0%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-04-18
- 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 8-0.50
−20+2
Attainment 838.8
English & maths grade 5+23%
English & maths grade 4+46%
EBacc entry25%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)20.1%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 313
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
89
Places offered
94
1st-preference offers
89
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 148
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 92
- Applications from outside LA
- 34
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 18
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill48%
394 pupils · 829 places
- Pupils on roll
- 394
- Boys / girls
- 211 / 183
- School capacity
- 829
- Capacity fill
- 394 / 829 (48%)
- Free school meals
- 22.6%
- FSM pupils
- 89
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Shaw Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Frost
Location
- Address
- Gloucester Road
- Postcode
- ST7 4DL
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- 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 11–16, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 394 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 22.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ormiston Horizon Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Stoke on Trent · ST6 6JZ · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 11–16
- Att834.7
- P8-1.1
- EM5+22%
- Absence11.8%
2.1 miles away
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST6 6LZ · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 11–18
- Att841.2
- P8-0.4
- EM5+35%
- Absence8.1%
2.4 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%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Frost
- Telephone
- 01782948259