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2026 Best Secondary Schools in Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

Schools across the Stoke-on-Trent council area. Explore 19 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent Council Area. The current top-ranked secondary schools are St Joseph's College, Sporting Stars Academy, and Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent. Compare local rankings, GCSE results, FMS Inspection Score, and neighbourhood options in one place.

Key Performance Metrics for Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

% students achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A equivalent)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area43%

England56%

Average Attainment 8 score (out of 90)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area37.9

England39.1

% pupils entering EBacc subjects

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area30%

England41%

Average EBacc APS score (out of 10)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area3.3

England4.1

Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area7.2/10

England7.4/10

% students achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A equivalent)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

43%vsEngland

56%

Average Attainment 8 score (out of 90)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

37.9vsEngland

39.1

% pupils entering EBacc subjects

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

30%vsEngland

41%

Average EBacc APS score (out of 10)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

3.3vsEngland

4.1

Average FMS Inspection Score (out of 10)

Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

7.2/10vsEngland

7.4/10

Top schools in Stoke-on-Trent Council Area

Showing 1-19 of 19 schools

St Joseph's College
Trent Vale
Sporting Stars Academy
Baddeley Green
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Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
Tunstall
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Thistley Hough Academy
Penkhull
Excellence Girls Academy
Shelton
Trentham Academy
Trentham
Ormiston Meridian Academy
Meir
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
Blurton
Ormiston Horizon Academy
Tunstall
St Peter's CofE Academy
Fenton
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Longton
The Excel Academy
Sneyd Green
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Tunstall
Haywood Academy
Burslem
Discovery Academy
Bentilee
Birches Head Academy
Birches Head
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
Meir
Phoenix Independent School
Hanley
The Registry
Hanley