# St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,143 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E140149. [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,143
- Council: Stoke-on-Trent
- URN: 140149

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 27 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
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.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy was 42.3, against 39.6 in Stoke-on-Trent and 46.2 in England.
39.7% 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 | 42.3 | 39.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.7% | 33.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58.3% | 53% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 204 | – | – |

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

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

- [Ormiston Horizon Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ormiston-horizon-academy-e136680): 520 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 34.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Watermill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watermill-school-e146503): 530 m. Special. School remains Good, November 2023
- [Mill Hill Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mill-hill-primary-academy-e141405): 540 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), December 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-academy-e140151): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whitfield Valley Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitfield-valley-primary-academy-e141346): 1.1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), July 2024. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Burnwood Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnwood-primary-academy-e151603): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2019

## 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/140149)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140149)

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