Staffordshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table
70 state secondary schools in Staffordshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 15 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.
This is the 2025 archive of the table. See the latest Staffordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.
County 85 state secondary schools 2024/25 results Archive year
Secondary schools in Staffordshire ranked on Attainment 8
70 of 85 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.
| Rank | School | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ English & maths | Grade 4+ English & maths | EBacc APS | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | England average | 46.1 | 45% | 65% | 4.09 | – |
| 1 | St Joseph's College Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 62.4 | 78% | 91% | 5.94 | 152 |
| 2 , up 1 place since 2024 | Painsley Catholic College Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 58.8 | 64% | 82% | 5.41 | 221 |
| 3 , down 1 place since 2024 | The Friary School Lichfield · Academy converter | 57.8 | 66% | 81% | 5.07 | 198 |
| 4 | John Taylor High School Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 54.8 | 64% | 79% | 5.01 | 241 |
| 5 , up 10 places since 2024 | Endon High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 54.2 | 64% | 85% | 4.93 | 138 |
| 6 , up 1 place since 2024 | King Edward VI School Lichfield · Community school | 52.2 | 58% | 84% | 4.61 | 247 |
| 7 , down 2 places since 2024 | Blessed William Howard Catholic School Stafford · Academy converter | 52.0 | 52% | 75% | 4.67 | 164 |
| 8 , up 5 places since 2024 | Kinver High School and Sixth Form Stourbridge · Academy sponsor led | 50.9 | 49% | 73% | 4.21 | 104 |
| 9 , up 5 places since 2024 | Walton High School Stafford · Academy converter | 50.6 | 50% | 78% | 4.32 | 214 |
| 10 , up 8 places since 2024 | Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 49.6 | 39% | 69% | 4.22 | 134 |
| 11 , down 5 places since 2024 | Madeley High School Crewe · Academy converter | 49.5 | 55% | 76% | 4.45 | 140 |
| 12 , down 4 places since 2024 | Kingsmead School Cannock · Academy converter | 48.5 | 40% | 67% | 4.05 | 215 |
| 13 , up 11 places since 2024 | Thistley Hough Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 47.9 | 52% | 71% | 4.02 | 200 |
| 14 , down 4 places since 2024 | Erasmus Darwin Academy Burntwood · Academy converter | 47.8 | 45% | 71% | 4.14 | 185 |
| 15 , up 4 places since 2024 | Alleyne's Academy Stone · Academy converter | 47.7 | 49% | 70% | 3.97 | 230 |
| 16 , down 4 places since 2024 | Wolgarston High School Stafford · Academy converter | 47.6 | 47% | 76% | 4.10 | 204 |
| 17 | Codsall Community High School Wolverhampton · Community school | 47.5 | 48% | 65% | 3.84 | 248 |
| 18 , down 8 places since 2024 | Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.7 | 46% | 80% | 4.09 | 91 |
| 19= , down 3 places since 2024 | Blythe Bridge High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.6 | 41% | 64% | 4.51 | 165 |
| 19= , down 10 places since 2024 | Trentham Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.6 | 44% | 69% | 4.22 | 147 |
| 21= , up 6 places since 2024 | The Hart School Rugeley · Academy sponsor led | 46.5 | 42% | 64% | 3.61 | 213 |
| 21= , up 2 places since 2024 | The de Ferrers Academy Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 46.5 | 48% | 67% | 4.13 | 401 |
| 23 , up 7 places since 2024 | John Taylor Free School Burton-on-Trent · Free schools | 46.4 | 48% | 67% | 4.45 | 225 |
| 24 , up 4 places since 2024 | Clayton Hall Academy Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 45.8 | 39% | 61% | 4.03 | 142 |
| 25 , up 13 places since 2024 | Moorside High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 45.4 | 45% | 69% | 4.22 | 144 |
| 26= , up 9 places since 2024 | Lift Rawlett Tamworth · Academy converter | 45.1 | 44% | 70% | 4.11 | 219 |
| 26= , up 8 places since 2024 | Thomas Alleyne's High School Uttoxeter · Academy converter | 45.1 | 40% | 63% | 3.76 | 251 |
| 28 , down 3 places since 2024 | Sir Graham Balfour High School Stafford · Academy converter | 45.0 | 38% | 57% | 4.07 | 173 |
| 29 , down 8 places since 2024 | The Weston Road Academy Stafford · Academy converter | 44.7 | 46% | 66% | 3.85 | 180 |
| 30 , up 9 places since 2024 | Chase Terrace Academy Burntwood · Academy converter | 44.3 | 36% | 67% | 3.81 | 220 |
| 31 , down 5 places since 2024 | Westwood College Leek · Academy converter | 44.2 | 40% | 66% | 4.04 | 197 |
| 32 , up 8 places since 2024 | The Orme Academy Newcastle · Academy sponsor led | 43.8 | 35% | 63% | 3.41 | 145 |
| 33 , up 7 places since 2024 | Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cannock · Academy converter | 43.6 | 36% | 56% | 3.82 | 135 |
| 34 , up 17 places since 2024 | St Thomas More Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 43.4 | 36% | 64% | 3.68 | 195 |
| 35 , up 10 places since 2024 | Biddulph High School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 43.3 | 36% | 60% | 3.60 | 205 |
| 36 , up 4 places since 2024 | St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 43.0 | 40% | 64% | 3.94 | 206 |
| 37 , down 15 places since 2024 | Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 42.7 | 38% | 48% | 3.52 | 215 |
| 38= , down 5 places since 2024 | Cannock Chase High School Cannock · Academy converter | 42.1 | 38% | 60% | 3.40 | 170 |
| 38= , down 18 places since 2024 | Cheslyn Hay Academy Walsall · Academy converter | 42.1 | 32% | 62% | 3.50 | 199 |
| 38= , down 9 places since 2024 | Wombourne High School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led | 42.1 | 39% | 61% | 3.75 | 155 |
| 41 , down 9 places since 2024 | St John Fisher Catholic College Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 41.8 | 35% | 58% | 3.50 | 198 |
| 42 , down 6 places since 2024 | The JCB Academy Rocester · University technical college | 41.6 | 38% | 59% | 2.84 | 219 |
| 43 , down 13 places since 2024 | Chesterton Community Sports College Newcastle · Academy converter | 41.2 | 23% | 53% | 3.71 | 162 |
| 44= | Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 41.0 | 35% | 57% | 3.58 | 232 |
| 44= , up 2 places since 2024 | Paulet High School Burton-on-Trent · Academy converter | 41.0 | 30% | 50% | 3.55 | 148 |
| 46 , down 9 places since 2024 | Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 40.2 | 34% | 57% | 3.40 | 194 |
| 47 , up 9 places since 2024 | The King's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 40.1 | 27% | 49% | 3.20 | 152 |
| 48= , up 10 places since 2024 | Landau Forte Academy, Amington Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 40.0 | 31% | 57% | 3.59 | 185 |
| 48= , up 12 places since 2024 | The Cheadle Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 40.0 | 31% | 48% | 3.31 | 75 |
| 50 , up 5 places since 2024 | Abbot Beyne School Burton-on-Trent · Voluntary controlled school | 39.4 | 27% | 51% | 3.24 | 132 |
| 51 , down 8 places since 2024 | Great Wyrley Academy Walsall · Academy sponsor led | 39.0 | 27% | 54% | 3.26 | 83 |
| 52= , up 2 places since 2024 | Nether Stowe School Lichfield · Academy converter | 38.7 | 24% | 47% | 3.19 | 106 |
| 52= , down 5 places since 2024 | The Wilnecote School Tamworth · Academy converter | 38.7 | 24% | 48% | 3.23 | 155 |
| 54 , down 2 places since 2024 | Paget High School Burton-on-Trent · Community school | 38.5 | 32% | 47% | 3.14 | 103 |
| 55 , up 13 places since 2024 | Leek High School Leek · Academy converter | 38.1 | 26% | 51% | 3.16 | 73 |
| 56= , up 13 places since 2024 | Newcastle Academy Newcastle-under-Lyme · Academy converter | 37.6 | 32% | 52% | 3.01 | 81 |
| 56= , up 1 place since 2024 | The Rural Enterprise Academy Penkridge · Free schools | 37.6 | 17% | 44% | 3.06 | 54 |
| 58 , down 11 places since 2024 | The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 37.5 | 29% | 52% | 3.06 | 242 |
| 59 , up 3 places since 2024 | Discovery Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 37.4 | 28% | 53% | 3.01 | 289 |
| 60 , up 6 places since 2024 | Ormiston Horizon Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 37.3 | 29% | 51% | 3.13 | 198 |
| 61= , up 3 places since 2024 | Haywood Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 36.1 | 17% | 44% | 2.85 | 206 |
| 61= , up 1 place since 2024 | Lift Tamworth Tamworth · Academy sponsor led | 36.1 | 23% | 53% | 2.98 | 88 |
| 63 , down 10 places since 2024 | Kidsgrove Secondary School Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 35.9 | 15% | 42% | 3.15 | 60 |
| 64 , down 15 places since 2024 | Sir Thomas Boughey Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 35.1 | 19% | 37% | 2.87 | 108 |
| 65 , down 4 places since 2024 | Norton Canes High School Cannock · Community school | 34.8 | 18% | 38% | 2.90 | 66 |
| 66 , down 8 places since 2024 | St Peter's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy sponsor led | 34.4 | 19% | 37% | 2.81 | 206 |
| 67 , down 17 places since 2024 | King Edward VI High School Stafford · Academy sponsor led | 33.4 | 17% | 41% | 2.79 | 121 |
| 68 , down 3 places since 2024 | Staffordshire University Academy Cannock · Academy sponsor led | 32.9 | 10% | 31% | 2.60 | 71 |
| 69 , up 1 place since 2024 | Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter | 31.3 | 17% | 39% | 2.62 | 199 |
| 70 , down 3 places since 2024 | Stafford Manor High School Stafford · Foundation school | 30.6 | 25% | 42% | 2.65 | 81 |
| – | Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School Wolverhampton · Voluntary controlled school · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Brewood Middle CofE Academy Stafford · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Christ Church Academy Stone · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Churnet View Middle School Leek · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Codsall Middle School Wolverhampton · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | James Bateman Middle School Biddulph · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Oldfields Hall Middle School Uttoxeter · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Penkridge Middle School Stafford · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Perton Middle School Wolverhampton · Community school · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Rugeley John Taylor Rugeley · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Ryecroft CofE Middle School Rocester · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | St Edward's Church of England Academy Leek · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Walton Priory Middle School Stone · Community school · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Windsor Park CE Middle School Uttoxeter · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Woodhouse Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2025 | – | – | – | – | – |
Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").
Under each rank: the change since the 2024 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2024 result.
Independent schools in Staffordshire with published 2025 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 | 49.0 | 0% | 103 |
| Excellence Girls Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 46.8 | 58% | 12 |
| JP Alternative Education Rugeley · Other independent school | 0.2 | 0% | 15 |
| Lichfield Cathedral School Lichfield · Other independent school | 53.5 | 52% | 62 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme School Newcastle-under-Lyme · Other independent school | 40.5 | 0% | 83 |
| Phoenix Independent School Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 6.1 | 0% | 19 |
| Sporting Stars Academy Stoke-on-Trent · Other independent school | 10.5 | 0% | 24 |
| Stafford Grammar School Other independent school | 61.3 | 81% | 43 |
| St. Dominic's Grammar School Stafford · Other independent school | 57.0 | 60% | 35 |
| St Dominic's Priory School Stone · Other independent school | 45.5 | 57% | 23 |