Walton High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stafford, ST17 0LJ
- Distance
- 3.1km away
The Weston Road Academy
Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 0YG
Local ranking21st of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1017
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 163
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
33
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 76
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 987
- Boys
- 495 (51%)
- Girls
- 483 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1017 (96% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.3%
- EAL
- 4.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,052/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
88.0%
White British
3.0%
Mixed Other
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Blackheath Lane
Stafford, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137553
- UKPRN
- 10035509
- Establishment No.
- 4183
- Trust
- THE WESTON ROAD ACADEMY
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