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Haywood Academy

Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent · ST6 7AB

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 April 2023

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At a glance

1,080 pupils · 103% of 1,050 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://clt.haywood.coop/
URN
138549

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 149 families named it first for 192 Year 7 places, 0.78 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.735 miles, the only Year 7 round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 19 April 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 11.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

192 places offered · 149 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.735 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.735 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

206 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
36.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
43.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
17%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) SUPP

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school36.1
Median of its 12 closest peers38.7
Stoke-on-Trent average41.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Clapton Girls' AcademyLondon · 137 miles awayOutstanding59.4
The Radcliffe SchoolMilton Keynes · 90 miles awayRequires improvement38.2
Folkestone AcademyFolkestone · 197 miles awayNeeds attention33.7
Chase High SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 160 miles awayNeeds attention39.2
Thamesview SchoolGravesend · 157 miles awayGood34.3
Haberdashers' Abraham DarbyTelford · 31 miles awayNeeds attention37.7
Stockport AcademyStockport · 24 miles awayGood47
Aldersley High SchoolWolverhampton · 30 miles awayGood43.5
Hall Green SchoolBirmingham · 45 miles awayGood42.5
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeSkelmersdale · 43 miles awayGood41.5
Oasis Academy MayfieldSouthampton · 154 miles awayGood37
Welling SchoolWelling · 147 miles awayNeeds attention34.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 62% (Stoke-on-Trent 58%, England 59%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Stoke-on-Trent 12%, England 5%) · Black African 7% (Stoke-on-Trent 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Stoke-on-Trent 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Stoke-on-Trent 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Stoke-on-Trent 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
11.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
38.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

47.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 9 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stoke-on-Trent: 47.39 suspensions and 0.50 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

59.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,407; 17.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,806
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 6% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,683,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
82%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
22%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
38%
Any sustained destination
72%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.5%62.3%
Social housing6.5%17.1%
Privately rented13%20.5%
Detached houses41.4%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014243 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£130,500388 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£98,000–£175,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (48)£189,000
Semi-detached (150)£160,000
Terraced (185)£99,000
Flat (5)£66,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.79 km, 2025 entry): 2,106 sales, median £140,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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