Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 6AP
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Discovery Academy
Discovery Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0GA
Local ranking13th of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 289
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1437
- Boys
- 748 (52%)
- Girls
- 689 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (96% full)
- SEND
- 21.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.7%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,723/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 81.7%
- Black African: 4.5%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
81.7%
White British
4.5%
Black African
3.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Discovery Drive
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136681
- UKPRN
- 10033345
- Establishment No.
- 4714
- Trust
- ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
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