Trentham Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 20 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Unique reference
144558
Address
Allerton Road, Trentham, ST4 8PQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
782 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
11%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.9%
Pakistani 4%
Other 3.8%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 2.8%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 1.2%
Other Asian 1.2%
African 1.2%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 28%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 33%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 39.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 3.38
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE146
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Trentham Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
162
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
93
66
Year 8
161
82
79
Year 9
164
93
71
Year 10
151
76
75
Year 11
147
79
68
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
78.8%
85.5%
Further education
59.0%
49.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
11.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
20.0%
17.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
9.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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