The Cheadle Academy
Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CHEADLE ACADEMY
- Principal
- Nicola Slack
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 136959
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01538493900
About this school
The Cheadle Academy is a secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 380 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 5 February 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 86 | 103 | 75 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.36 -0.66 to -0.06 | -0.68 -0.96 to -0.41 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 25.2% | 30.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 44.7% | 48% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 46.6% | 28% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
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 The Cheadle Academy 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 | 45 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 470 |
| 2023/24 | 423 |
| 2024/25 | 398 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Cheadle Academy compares
The Cheadle Academy ranked 41st of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40 | 7.7% | 28.1% | 380 | — |
| Painsley Catholic College | 58.8 | 5% | 13.5% | 1,340 | 0.1 miles |
| Blythe Bridge High School | 46.6 | 6.6% | 15.2% | 1,049 | 3.0 miles |
| Moorside High School | 45.4 | 6.3% | 21.4% | 766 | 4.6 miles |
| Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams | — | 4.5% | 42.5% | 295 | 4.6 miles |
| Ormiston Meridian Academy | 40.2 | 8.8% | 47.6% | 1,015 | 5.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.14%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.7%
- Persistent absence
- 24.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Painsley Catholic College0.1 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
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Blythe Bridge High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
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Moorside High School4.6 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams4.6 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Ormiston Meridian Academy5.2 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
The Cheadle Academy ranks 16th of the 23 ranked secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Alsager School Secondary
- Biddulph High School Secondary
- Birches Head Academy Secondary
- Blythe Bridge High School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams Secondary
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Secondary
- Discovery Academy Secondary
- Endon High School Secondary
- Haywood Academy Secondary
- Kidsgrove Secondary School Secondary
- Moorside High School Secondary
- Ormiston Meridian Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Cheadle Academy teach?
- The Cheadle Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the principal of The Cheadle Academy?
- The principal of The Cheadle Academy is Nicola Slack, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Cheadle Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Cheadle Academy, 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 The Cheadle Academy?
- The Cheadle Academy has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Cheadle Academy full?
- The Cheadle Academy has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 380 on roll (38%), 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 The Cheadle Academy a faith school?
- No. The Cheadle Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Cheadle Academy a selective school?
- No. The Cheadle Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Cheadle Academy?
- The Cheadle Academy is part of THE CHEADLE ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Cheadle Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45 in 2022/23 and 40 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Cheadle Academy rank locally?
- The Cheadle Academy ranked 41st of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Cheadle Academy's absence rate?
- The Cheadle Academy's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Cheadle Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Cheadle Academy'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 1 July 2026.