The Cheadle Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Painsley Catholic College
Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
Local ranking4th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1447
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 17 May 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 220
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 20.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
86
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 204
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1318
- Boys
- 652 (49%)
- Girls
- 688 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1447 (93% full)
- SEND
- 9.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.4%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,476/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
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.7%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
- Black Other: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
83.7%
White British
5.8%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Station Road
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138729
- UKPRN
- 10038662
- Establishment No.
- 4610
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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