Birches Head Academy
Secondary schoolBirches Head Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 925 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Birches Head Academy was 33.0, against 39.6 in Stoke-on-Trent and 46.2 in England.
19.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Stoke-on-Trent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 33.0 | 39.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.7% | 33.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42.1% | 53% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 183 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holden Lane AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)270 m
- The Excel AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 40.7 (2025/26, provisional)790 m
- Spruce House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file900 m
- Abbey Hulton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Carmountside Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 32% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stoke-on-Trent
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).