# Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit

Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit is a pupil referral and alternative provision school in Stoke-on-Trent, for pupils aged 4 to 18.

It had 1 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Pupil referral and alternative provision school. Code E134159. [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)

- Phase: Pupil referral and alternative provision
- Type: Pupil referral unit
- Ages: 4 to 18
- Pupils: 1
- Council: Stoke-on-Trent
- URN: 134159

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, July 2025
Before that: Good (overall), December 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 December 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 2 July 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

The Department for Education publishes no KS2 or KS4 results for this school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Eaton Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eaton-park-academy-e138550): 570 m. Primary. Improved significantly, October 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingsland CofE Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsland-cofe-academy-e142640): 680 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-maria-goretti-catholic-academy-e140298): 760 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-benedict-catholic-academy-e140141): 1.1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newfriars College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newfriars-college-e146526): 1.1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Abbey Hulton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abbey-hulton-primary-school-e146487): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/134159)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134159)

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