St Joseph's College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B82
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- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5NT
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Thistley Hough Academy
Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Local ranking3rd of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1095
- Boys
- 581 (53%)
- Girls
- 524 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (105% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.9%
- EAL
- 36.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,174/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 48.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 18.0%
- Black African: 8.8%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Asian Other: 4.3%
- Other: 3.9%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
48.5%
White British
18.0%
Asian Pakistani
8.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Thistley Hough
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139068
- UKPRN
- 10039917
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
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