Abbey Hill School and College
Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, ST3 5PP
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Abbey Hill Academy & College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ricky Porter
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 355
- Pupils on roll
- 355
- URN
- 124500
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
About this school
Abbey Hill School and College was a foundation special school in Stoke-on-Trent. It taught children aged 3 to 19 and had 355 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abbey Hill School and College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 23 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 90.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -5.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 19 | 32 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.57 -2.21 to -0.94 | -1.63 -2.13 to -1.13 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Trends over time
How Abbey Hill School and College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stoke-on-Trent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 56.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Stoke-on-Trent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1.6 | 31.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.4 | 29.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 30.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.5%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.9%
- Persistent absence
- 28.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbey Hill Academy & College0.0 miles
Academies · Stoke-On-Trent
-
Rowan House School0.4 miles
Special schools
-
Kinetic Academy0.4 miles
Independent schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Intuition Holistic Education1.0 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Portland School1.7 miles
Academies · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Abbey Hill Academy & College Academies
- Alpha Learning Staffordshire Special schools
- Church Lawton School Free Schools
- Cicely Haughton School Academies
- Draycott Moor College Special schools
- Edison Pace School Special schools
- Emerge School Special schools
- Intuition Holistic Education Special schools
- Kemball School Academies
- Manor Abbey School Free Schools
- Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Local authority maintained schools
- Newfriars College Other types
Common questions
- What ages does Abbey Hill School and College teach?
- Abbey Hill School and College taught children aged 3 to 19. It was a special school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Has Abbey Hill School and College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbey Hill School and College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Abbey Hill School and College?
- Abbey Hill School and College had 355 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- How have Abbey Hill School and College's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abbey Hill School and College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbey Hill School and College'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 31 October 2023.