Alsager SchoolThe King's CofE Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Stoke-on-Trent.

Summary of the comparison

Alsager School and The King's CofE Academy are secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.

  • Alsager School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The King's CofE Academy scores 47 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Alsager School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Alsager School was judged Good and The King's CofE Academy was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 51.9 for Alsager School and 40.1 for The King's CofE Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Alsager School (53.6 in 2021-22, 51.9 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The King's CofE Academy (47.1 in 2021-22, 40.1 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Alsager School versus The King's CofE Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Stoke-on-TrentAlsager SchoolStoke-on-TrentThe King's CofE AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100Stronger figureD47/100
Local ranking8th of 22 in Cheshire East 52nd of 70 in Staffordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,519 746
Capacity1,575 750
LocationStoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HR Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1DP
GCSE results
Attainment 851.9 Stronger figure40.1 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths51.8% Stronger figure27.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths74.7% Stronger figure49.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc76.7% Stronger figure2.0% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.72 Stronger figure3.20 4.09
Cohort257 152
A-level results
A-level entries87 6
A-level average points37.9 Stronger figure23.6 35.0
A-level average gradeB- D+
Best 3 A-levels points39.5 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects20.8% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,519 746
Free school meals (ever 6)14.5% 35.5%
English as an additional language4.2% 5.0%
SEN support5.7% 11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 3.1%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% Stronger figure10.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence18.7% Stronger figure29.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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