Thomas Alleyne's High School
Dove Bank, Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Heywood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Uttoxeter Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,283
- Pupils on roll
- 941
- URN
- 144002
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01889561820
About this school
Thomas Alleyne's High School is a secondary academy in Uttoxeter. It teaches children aged 13 to 18 and has 941 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 15 January 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 | 224 | 245 | 251 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.2 | 42.8 | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.08 -0.27 to +0.10 | -0.38 -0.56 to -0.20 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 35.9% | 40.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 56.7% | 62.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 19% | 18.4% | 20.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
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 Thomas Alleyne's 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 | 45.2 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.8 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.1 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 993 |
| 2023/24 | 1,001 |
| 2024/25 | 965 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thomas Alleyne's High School compares
Thomas Alleyne's High School ranked 24th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.1 | 9.4% | 13.3% | 941 | — |
| The JCB Academy | 41.6 | 9.3% | 17.8% | 781 | 3.6 miles |
| Painsley Catholic College | 58.8 | 5% | 13.5% | 1,340 | 7.7 miles |
| The Cheadle Academy | 40 | 7.7% | 28.1% | 380 | 7.7 miles |
| Blythe Bridge High School | 46.6 | 6.6% | 15.2% | 1,049 | 9.5 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School | 48.2 | 8.6% | 18.7% | 1,276 | 10.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.27%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.43%
- Persistent absence
- 24.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The JCB Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Rocester
-
Painsley Catholic College7.7 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Cheadle Academy7.7 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Blythe Bridge High School9.5 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School10.0 miles
Secondary · Ashbourne
Other schools in Uttoxeter
- All Saints CofE Academy Denstone Primary
- Bramshall Meadows First School Primary
- Dove CofE Academy Primary
- Picknalls First School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE (A) First School Primary
- St. Peter's Church of England First School Primary
- Talbot First School Primary
- Tynsel Parkes CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Oldfields Hall Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Windsor Park CE Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Loxley Hall School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Thomas Alleyne's High School teach?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School teaches children aged 13 to 18. It is a secondary school in Uttoxeter.
- Who is the headteacher of Thomas Alleyne's High School?
- The headteacher of Thomas Alleyne's High School is Mrs Louise Heywood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Thomas Alleyne's High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thomas Alleyne's 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 Thomas Alleyne's High School?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School has 941 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 13 to 18.
- Is Thomas Alleyne's High School full?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School has capacity for 1,283 pupils and 941 on roll (73%), 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 Thomas Alleyne's High School a faith school?
- No. Thomas Alleyne's High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Thomas Alleyne's High School a selective school?
- No. Thomas Alleyne's High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Thomas Alleyne's High School?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School is part of INNOVATE2EDUCATE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Thomas Alleyne's High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.2 in 2022/23 and 45.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thomas Alleyne's High School rank locally?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School ranked 24th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thomas Alleyne's High School's absence rate?
- Thomas Alleyne's High School's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thomas Alleyne's High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thomas Alleyne's 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 10 July 2026.