Trentham Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 21 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
784 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.3%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.5%
Pakistani 4.5%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.4%
Other 3.1%
Unclassified 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.35
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 33%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 40.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.22
Local authority average 3.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE152
English LiteratureGCSE151
FrenchGCSE63
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Trentham Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
93
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
82
79
Year 8
168
95
73
Year 9
150
76
74
Year 10
149
77
72
Year 11
156
80
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
79.5%
85.6%
Further education
60.0%
47.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
12.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
15.0%
19.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
7.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
4.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
8.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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