Overall Oxbridge
#1,010
8 ranked schools · -96 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
50
Offers
10
Offer rate20.0%
-2.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
England's only city formed by the federation of six distinct towns, Stoke-on-Trent brings together around 260,000 residents across Staffordshire's largest settlement and one of the most recognisable industrial cities of the Midlands. The 1910 federation unified six communities under a shared civic authority, with Hanley at the commercial core and the bottle kilns of The Potteries punctuating a skyline shaped by the clay, coal, and canal trades that defined the area from the eighteenth century onwards. Endon extends the residential choice toward the open Staffordshire Moorlands.
Caverswall and Cheadle draw families competing for places in the area's most sought-after school catchments; Stafford, a county town to the south with selective and oversubscribed state provision, consistently attracts parents looking further afield from the Stoke conurbation. Stoke station anchors the West Coast Main Line, with regular services to Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street, and London Euston, making the city well-connected for regional and national travel.
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Area Performance
Across 154 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.46/10, +0.06 vs England.
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Distribution across all Stoke-on-Trent schools
Stoke-on-Trent vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Stoke-on-Trent schools
top 48% of 14,978
top 48% of 14,978
top 63% of 3,862
top 63% of 3,862
top 64% of 2,555
top 64% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
8 ranked schools · -96 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
50
Offers
10
Oxford
3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
16
Offers
0
Cambridge
7 ranked schools · -94 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
34
Offers
10
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Stoke-on-Trent
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