Stafford Manor High School
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 9DJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Rhys Adams
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 691
- Pupils on roll
- 439
- URN
- 124467
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01785258383
About this school
Stafford Manor High School is a foundation secondary school in Stafford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 439 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 95 | 83 | 81 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.1 | 32.0 | 30.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.83 -1.12 to -0.54 | -1.13 -1.45 to -0.82 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 22.9% | 24.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 42.2% | 42% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 16.9% | 18.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Stafford Manor High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.1 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 30.6 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 472 |
| 2023/24 | 448 |
| 2024/25 | 449 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Stafford Manor High School compares
Stafford Manor High School ranked 56th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 22% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 30.6 | 11.4% | 48.1% | 439 | — |
| King Edward VI High School | 33.4 | 7.4% | 34.9% | 646 | 0.9 miles |
| Blessed William Howard Catholic School | 52 | 6.3% | 22.2% | 950 | 1.0 miles |
| Walton High School | 50.6 | 5.8% | 8.1% | 1,262 | 1.9 miles |
| The Weston Road Academy | 44.7 | 8.2% | 20.3% | 978 | 2.6 miles |
| Sir Graham Balfour High School | 45 | 8.8% | 21.3% | 1,003 | 3.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 24 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.11%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.38%
- Persistent absence
- 35.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King Edward VI High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Stafford
-
Blessed William Howard Catholic School1.0 miles
Secondary · Stafford
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Walton High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Stafford
-
The Weston Road Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Stafford
-
Sir Graham Balfour High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Stafford
Other schools in Stafford
Stafford Manor High School ranks 7th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Stafford.
- Blessed William Howard Catholic School Secondary
- King Edward VI High School Secondary
- Sir Graham Balfour High School Secondary
- The Weston Road Academy Secondary
- Walton High School Secondary
- Wolgarston High School Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- All Saints CofE (C) First School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall Primary
- Anson CofE Primary School Primary
- Barnfields Primary School Primary
- Beaconfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Stafford Manor High School teach?
- Stafford Manor High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stafford.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Stafford Manor High School?
- The acting headteacher of Stafford Manor High School is Mr Rhys Adams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Stafford Manor High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stafford Manor High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Stafford Manor High School?
- Stafford Manor High School has 439 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Stafford Manor High School full?
- Stafford Manor High School has capacity for 691 pupils and 439 on roll (64%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Stafford Manor High School a faith school?
- No. Stafford Manor High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Stafford Manor High School a selective school?
- No. Stafford Manor High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Stafford Manor High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.1 in 2022/23 and 30.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Stafford Manor High School rank locally?
- Stafford Manor High School ranked 56th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 22% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Stafford Manor High School's absence rate?
- Stafford Manor High School's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stafford Manor High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stafford Manor High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.