Co-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentChesterton Community Sports College

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent and Chesterton Community Sports College are secondary schools.

  • Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Chesterton Community Sports College scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent is ahead on our composite score.

  • Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent was judged Good and Chesterton Community Sports College was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.2 for Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent and 42.8 for Chesterton Community Sports College.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent (45.5 in 2021-22, 46.2 in 2025-26) and has held broadly level at Chesterton Community Sports College (44.4 in 2021-22, 42.8 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent versus Chesterton Community Sports College compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Stoke-on-TrentCo-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentNewcastleChesterton Community Sports CollegeEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking4th of 14 in Stoke-on-Trent 30th of 70 in Staffordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,300 915
Capacity1,230 870
LocationStoke-on-Trent, ST6 4LD Newcastle, ST5 7LP
GCSE results
Attainment 846.2 Stronger figure42.8 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths37.4% Stronger figure26.3% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths55.7% 56.9% Stronger figure64.8%
Cohort203 160
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,248 903
Free school meals (ever 6)52.1% 35.8%
English as an additional language33.6% 3.4%
SEN support17.1% 27.5%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence10.2% 8.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence29.4% 26.0% Stronger figure15.8%

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

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.

Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent

Chesterton Community Sports College

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