Staffordshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table
68 state secondary schools in Staffordshire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 17 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.
This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Staffordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.
County 85 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year
Secondary schools in Staffordshire ranked on Attainment 8
68 of 85 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.
| Rank | School | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Grade 5+ English & maths | Grade 4+ English & maths | EBacc APS | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | England average | 46.3 | 0.00 | 45% | 65% | 4.05 | – |
| 1 | St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 64.5 | +0.67 (0.44 to 0.90) | 79% | 95% | 6.19 | 152 |
| 2 , up 3 places since 2022 | Painsley Catholic College Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 57.2 | +0.72 (0.53 to 0.91) | 63% | 82% | 5.20 | 215 |
| 3 , down 1 place since 2022 | The Friary School Lichfield · Academy converter | 56.5 | +0.72 (0.52 to 0.92) | 53% | 76% | 4.95 | 195 |
| 4 , up 9 places since 2022 | Blessed William Howard Catholic School Stafford · Academy converter | 53.5 | +0.57 (0.34 to 0.80) | 56% | 74% | 4.78 | 151 |
| 5 , up 5 places since 2022 | Kingsmead School Cannock · Academy converter | 53.1 | +0.70 (0.50 to 0.91) | 55% | 76% | 4.36 | 188 |
| 6= , down 2 places since 2022 | John Taylor High School Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 52.8 | +0.28 (0.11 to 0.46) | 58% | 82% | 4.79 | 248 |
| 6= , down 3 places since 2022 | King Edward VI School Lichfield · Community school | 52.8 | +0.18 (-0.01 to 0.37) | 61% | 80% | 4.79 | 214 |
| 8 , up 1 place since 2022 | Wolgarston High School Stafford · Academy converter | 52.1 | +0.64 (0.44 to 0.83) | 58% | 73% | 4.61 | 207 |
| 9 , up 19 places since 2022 | Sir Graham Balfour High School Stafford · Academy converter | 51.2 | +0.28 (0.06 to 0.49) | 54% | 73% | 4.66 | 166 |
| 10 , up 6 places since 2022 | Madeley High School Crewe · Academy converter | 50.4 | +0.17 (-0.07 to 0.41) | 59% | 77% | 4.43 | 135 |
| 11 , up 11 places since 2022 | Alleyne's Academy Stone · Academy converter | 50.3 | +0.20 (0.02 to 0.39) | 52% | 74% | 4.21 | 223 |
| 12 , down 6 places since 2022 | Kinver High School and Sixth Form Stourbridge · Academy sponsor led | 50.0 | +0.08 (-0.20 to 0.36) | 53% | 73% | 4.08 | 97 |
| 13 , up 5 places since 2022 | Cheslyn Hay Academy Walsall · Academy converter | 49.7 | +0.14 (-0.04 to 0.33) | 48% | 72% | 3.91 | 228 |
| 14 | John Taylor Free School Burton-on-Trent · Free schools | 49.5 | +0.06 (-0.14 to 0.26) | 52% | 78% | 4.72 | 197 |
| 15 , down 7 places since 2022 | Erasmus Darwin Academy Burntwood · Academy converter | 49.2 | +0.07 (-0.13 to 0.27) | 50% | 75% | 4.15 | 185 |
| 16 , up 4 places since 2022 | Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 49.1 | +0.02 (-0.21 to 0.26) | 43% | 62% | 4.22 | 143 |
| 17 , down 11 places since 2022 | Walton High School Stafford · Academy converter | 48.6 | -0.41 (-0.61 to -0.22) | 47% | 74% | 4.22 | 211 |
| 18 , down 4 places since 2022 | Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 48.1 | +0.30 (0.01 to 0.58) | 52% | 76% | 4.02 | 97 |
| 19 , up 10 places since 2022 | The Hart School Rugeley · Academy sponsor led | 46.7 | -0.21 (-0.40 to -0.01) | 34% | 57% | 3.63 | 202 |
| 20 , up 21 places since 2022 | Chesterton Community Sports College Newcastle · Academy converter | 46.3 | +0.01 (-0.19 to 0.21) | 36% | 67% | 4.20 | 193 |
| 21 , up 19 places since 2022 | Biddulph High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.2 | -0.25 (-0.44 to -0.05) | 45% | 71% | 3.71 | 204 |
| 22= , down 11 places since 2022 | Endon High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.1 | -0.16 (-0.40 to 0.08) | 49% | 69% | 4.29 | 136 |
| 22= , up 25 places since 2022 | Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 46.1 | -0.03 (-0.26 to 0.19) | 33% | 60% | 3.78 | 155 |
| 24 , down 1 place since 2022 | Clayton Hall Academy Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 45.8 | -0.13 (-0.35 to 0.08) | 42% | 67% | 4.05 | 175 |
| 25 , down 4 places since 2022 | Chase Terrace Academy Burntwood · Academy converter | 45.6 | -0.01 (-0.19 to 0.17) | 42% | 67% | 3.67 | 245 |
| 26 | Wombourne High School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led | 45.4 | -0.20 (-0.41 to 0.01) | 40% | 65% | 3.97 | 182 |
| 27 , down 10 places since 2022 | Lift Rawlett Tamworth · Academy converter | 45.3 | -0.19 (-0.40 to 0.02) | 37% | 71% | 4.18 | 176 |
| 28= , up 5 places since 2022 | Moorside High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 45.2 | +0.08 (-0.14 to 0.31) | 43% | 63% | 4.03 | 154 |
| 28= , down 3 places since 2022 | Thomas Alleyne's High School Uttoxeter · Academy converter | 45.2 | -0.08 (-0.27 to 0.10) | 35% | 58% | 3.71 | 224 |
| 30 , up 32 places since 2022 | The Cheadle Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 45.0 | -0.36 (-0.66 to -0.06) | 30% | 63% | 3.77 | 86 |
| 31= , up 3 places since 2022 | St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 44.8 | -0.25 (-0.45 to -0.05) | 43% | 67% | 4.04 | 204 |
| 31= , down 17 places since 2022 | The de Ferrers Academy Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 44.8 | -0.06 (-0.21 to 0.08) | 47% | 63% | 3.97 | 379 |
| 33 , up 12 places since 2022 | Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 44.5 | +0.19 (-0.03 to 0.41) | 35% | 58% | 3.66 | 175 |
| 34 , up 1 place since 2022 | Westwood College Leek · Academy converter | 44.3 | -0.44 (-0.64 to -0.23) | 40% | 66% | 3.90 | 189 |
| 35= , up 3 places since 2022 | Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 44.2 | +0.05 (-0.15 to 0.25) | 36% | 55% | 3.42 | 205 |
| 35= , down 23 places since 2022 | The Weston Road Academy Stafford · Academy converter | 44.2 | +0.00 (-0.21 to 0.21) | 37% | 59% | 3.69 | 180 |
| 37 , down 10 places since 2022 | Paulet High School Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 44.0 | -0.21 (-0.44 to 0.03) | 33% | 53% | 3.71 | 140 |
| 38= , down 7 places since 2022 | Cannock Chase High School Cannock · Academy converter | 43.7 | -0.21 (-0.43 to 0.01) | 36% | 58% | 3.43 | 162 |
| 38= , down 3 places since 2022 | Codsall Community High School Wolverhampton · Community school | 43.7 | -0.07 (-0.25 to 0.11) | 33% | 61% | 3.35 | 251 |
| 40 , up 24 places since 2022 | Abbot Beyne School Burton-on-Trent · Voluntary controlled school | 42.5 | +0.00 (-0.27 to 0.26) | 31% | 53% | 3.58 | 120 |
| 41 , down 10 places since 2022 | St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 42.3 | -0.11 (-0.31 to 0.09) | 31% | 56% | 3.38 | 199 |
| 42 , up 1 place since 2022 | The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 42.2 | -0.40 (-0.59 to -0.20) | 37% | 64% | 3.46 | 203 |
| 43= , up 7 places since 2022 | Landau Forte Academy, Amington Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 42.0 | -0.40 (-0.61 to -0.19) | 39% | 61% | 3.66 | 175 |
| 43= , up 2 places since 2022 | The JCB Academy Rocester · University technical college | 42.0 | -0.40 (-0.59 to -0.20) | 31% | 55% | 2.79 | 209 |
| 45 , down 4 places since 2022 | The Orme Academy Newcastle · Academy sponsor led | 41.8 | -0.66 (-0.89 to -0.43) | 33% | 56% | 3.30 | 151 |
| 46 , down 27 places since 2022 | Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 41.3 | -0.29 (-0.48 to -0.10) | 37% | 59% | 3.39 | 208 |
| 47 | Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 40.6 | -0.27 (-0.48 to -0.07) | 34% | 57% | 3.29 | 190 |
| 48 , down 9 places since 2022 | Nether Stowe School Lichfield · Academy converter | 40.4 | -0.65 (-0.93 to -0.37) | 25% | 47% | 3.29 | 101 |
| 49 , down 12 places since 2022 | Sir Thomas Boughey Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 40.3 | -0.21 (-0.53 to 0.10) | 33% | 58% | 3.32 | 81 |
| 50 , down 26 places since 2022 | St John Fisher Catholic College Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 40.0 | -0.68 (-0.88 to -0.48) | 33% | 61% | 3.18 | 199 |
| 51 , down 22 places since 2022 | The King's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 39.5 | -0.62 (-0.85 to -0.39) | 27% | 46% | 3.05 | 146 |
| 52 | King Edward VI High School Stafford · Academy sponsor led | 38.7 | -0.53 (-0.80 to -0.26) | 24% | 42% | 3.27 | 118 |
| 53 | Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 38.5 | -0.37 (-0.55 to -0.19) | 28% | 49% | 3.09 | 233 |
| 54 , down 3 places since 2022 | The Wilnecote School Tamworth · Academy converter | 37.0 | -0.49 (-0.72 to -0.26) | 24% | 46% | 3.19 | 148 |
| 55 , down 1 place since 2022 | Paget High School Burton-on-Trent · Community school | 36.9 | -0.35 (-0.63 to -0.07) | 22% | 45% | 2.99 | 110 |
| 56 , down 4 places since 2022 | Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 36.6 | -0.99 (-1.19 to -0.79) | 26% | 52% | 3.09 | 201 |
| 57 , down 2 places since 2022 | St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 36.3 | -0.56 (-0.76 to -0.36) | 26% | 38% | 2.95 | 226 |
| 58 , up 8 places since 2022 | Norton Canes High School Cannock · Community school | 36.2 | -0.58 (-0.87 to -0.30) | 17% | 40% | 2.91 | 94 |
| 59 , down 15 places since 2022 | Great Wyrley Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led | 35.1 | -0.58 (-0.87 to -0.28) | 20% | 35% | 2.68 | 93 |
| 60 , down 4 places since 2022 | Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 35.0 | -0.74 (-0.94 to -0.54) | 24% | 46% | 2.83 | 203 |
| 61 , down 5 places since 2022 | Kidsgrove Secondary School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 34.5 | -1.21 (-1.56 to -0.85) | 19% | 40% | 3.04 | 62 |
| 62= | Lift Tamworth Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 34.1 | -0.91 (-1.19 to -0.63) | 22% | 38% | 2.86 | 97 |
| 62= , down 4 places since 2022 | Stafford Manor High School Stafford · Foundation school | 34.1 | -0.83 (-1.12 to -0.54) | 23% | 42% | 3.01 | 95 |
| 62= , down 3 places since 2022 | Staffordshire University Academy Cannock · Academy sponsor led | 34.1 | -0.93 (-1.22 to -0.65) | 22% | 42% | 2.73 | 95 |
| 62= , up 3 places since 2022 | The Rural Enterprise Academy Penkridge · Free schools | 34.1 | -0.42 (-0.80 to -0.04) | 19% | 37% | 2.73 | 57 |
| 66 , down 5 places since 2022 | Newcastle Academy Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 32.2 | -0.92 (-1.24 to -0.59) | 13% | 33% | 2.54 | 75 |
| 67 , down 18 places since 2022 | Leek High School Leek · Academy converter | 32.1 | -0.91 (-1.22 to -0.59) | 19% | 43% | 2.52 | 77 |
| 68 , down 8 places since 2022 | Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 30.8 | -0.87 (-1.09 to -0.65) | 15% | 35% | 2.39 | 179 |
| – | Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School Wolverhampton · Voluntary controlled school · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Blythe Bridge High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Brewood Middle CofE Academy Stafford · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cannock · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Christ Church Academy Stone · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Churnet View Middle School Leek · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Codsall Middle School Wolverhampton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | James Bateman Middle School Biddulph · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Oldfields Hall Middle School Uttoxeter · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Penkridge Middle School Stafford · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Perton Middle School Wolverhampton · Community school · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Rugeley John Taylor Rugeley · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Ryecroft CofE Middle School Rocester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | St Edward's Church of England Academy Leek · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Walton Priory Middle School Stone · Community school · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Windsor Park CE Middle School Uttoxeter · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Woodhouse Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").
Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.
Independent schools in Staffordshire with published 2023 GCSE results
Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.
| School | Attainment 8 (as published) | Grade 5+ English & maths | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denstone College Uttoxeter · Other independent school | 48.9 | 0% | 107 |
| Excellence Girls Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 46.3 | 17% | 6 |
| Kinetic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 3.6 | 0% | 14 |
| Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield · Other independent school | 56.6 | 59% | 54 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme School Newcastle-under-Lyme · Other independent school | 37.8 | 0% | 97 |
| Phoenix Independent School Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 12.4 | 0% | 10 |
| Sporting Stars Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 10.8 | 5% | 20 |
| Stafford Grammar School Other independent school | 62.7 | 94% | 49 |
| St. Dominic's Grammar School Stafford · Other independent school | 57.0 | 63% | 27 |
| St Dominic's Priory School Stone · Other independent school | 53.3 | 59% | 22 |