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Thomas Alleyne's High School

Secondary · Uttoxeter · ST14 8DU

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Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 15 January 2025

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At a glance

941 pupils · 73% of 1,283 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
13–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.8% of pupils
English as additional language
4.2% of pupils
SEN support
17.9% of pupils
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.thomasalleynes.uk
URN
144002

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 9

Every applicant was offered a place for 2014 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
45.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
62.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
40.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
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-) C+
32.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school45.1
Median of its 12 closest peers48.6
Staffordshire average44
England46.1

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

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Casterton College RutlandStamford · 58 miles awayGood48.7
Humphrey Perkins SchoolLoughborough · 31 miles awayGood48.6
Guilsborough AcademyNorthampton · 52 miles awayRequires improvement46.6
Elizabeth Woodville SchoolMilton Keynes · 72 miles awayGood44.9
Wombourne High SchoolWolverhampton · 29 miles awayGood42.1
The Market Bosworth SchoolNuneaton · 27 miles awayOutstanding59.5
Hurstmere SchoolSidcup · 131 miles awayRequires improvement42.1
Woolmer Hill SchoolHaslemere · 134 miles awayGood56.9
Outwood Academy BydalesRedcar · 122 miles awayGood46.6
Kings Langley SchoolKings Langley · 101 miles awayGood48.6
Bradfield Secondary SchoolSheffield · 38 miles awayGood49.2
Greenbank High SchoolSouthport · 69 miles awayGood50.6

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,980
Typical secondary school£7,798

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
41%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
35%
Any sustained destination
87%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.5%62.3%
Social housing12.7%17.1%
Privately rented20.8%20.5%
Detached houses43.3%22.9%
Flats28.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms36.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.5%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01029460 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,471 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000226 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£160,000–£283,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (59)£316,000
Semi-detached (72)£212,500
Terraced (69)£180,000
Flat (26)£119,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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