Discovery Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F37
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0GA
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Moorside High School
Cellarhead Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0HP
Local ranking24th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
781
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 146
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 765
- Boys
- 377 (49%)
- Girls
- 389 (51%)
- Capacity
- 781 (98% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.4%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,501/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
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.7% 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: 93.0%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
93.0%
White British
1.1%
White Other
1.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cellarhead Road
Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 148508
- UKPRN
- 10088087
- Establishment No.
- 4072
- Trust
- POTTERIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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