Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit
Willeton Street, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 9JA
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Co Headteacher Sarah Whiteley and Steven Winrow
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 34
- Pupils on roll
- 1
- URN
- 134159
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782928980
About this school
Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit is a special school in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 4 to 18 and has 1 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Trends over time
How Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report2 July 2025
- 4 December 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newfriars College0.7 miles
Other types · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Aurora Hanley School0.8 miles
Special schools · Stoke on Trent
-
Manor Abbey School0.8 miles
Free Schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Spruce House School1.6 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Excellence Girls Academy1.6 miles
Independent schools · 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
- Newfriars College Other types
- North Road Academy Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit teach?
- Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit teaches children aged 4 to 18. It is a special school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit?
- The headteacher of Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit is Co Headteacher Sarah Whiteley and Steven Winrow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit, 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 Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit?
- Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit has 1 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- Is Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit full?
- Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit has capacity for 34 pupils and 1 on roll (3%), 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 Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit a faith school?
- No. Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit has no designated religious character.
- Does Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.