Birches Head Academy
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
- Distance
- 0.8km away
The Excel Academy
Milton Road, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6LG
Local ranking9th of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 31.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 242
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1208
- Boys
- 617 (51%)
- Girls
- 591 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (101% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.8%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,387/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 77.2%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Black African: 2.8%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
77.2%
White British
3.0%
Asian Other
2.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Milton Road
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 140633
- UKPRN
- 10045191
- Establishment No.
- 4038
- Trust
- ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
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