Trentham Academy
Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8PQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CITY LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Emma Wagg
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- City Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 794
- URN
- 144558
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782883200
About this school
Trentham Academy is a secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 794 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 143 | 153 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 50.8 | 46.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.02 -0.21 to +0.26 | +0.21 -0.02 to +0.43 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 52.9% | 43.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 71.9% | 68.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 40.5% | 49.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
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 Trentham 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 | Stoke-on-Trent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49.1 | 31.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.8 | 29.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.6 | 30.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 762 |
| 2023/24 | 784 |
| 2024/25 | 782 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Trentham Academy compares
Trentham Academy ranked 3rd of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.6 | 6.3% | 18.3% | 794 | — |
| St Joseph's College | 62.4 | 3.5% | 8.6% | 1,104 | 1.1 miles |
| Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy | 41 | 9.6% | 38.8% | 1,175 | 1.3 miles |
| Clayton Hall Academy | 45.8 | 8.5% | 20.1% | 828 | 1.6 miles |
| Thistley Hough Academy | 47.9 | 8.5% | 38.9% | 1,105 | 2.0 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy | 43.4 | 8.7% | 38.4% | 1,085 | 2.3 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 report10 February 2026
- 20 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.29%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 6.29%
- Persistent absence
- 15.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's College1.1 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Clayton Hall Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-under-Lyme
-
Thistley Hough Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Thomas More Catholic Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Trentham Academy ranks 6th 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 Trentham Academy teach?
- Trentham Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Trentham Academy?
- The headteacher of Trentham Academy is Emma Wagg, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Trentham Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Trentham 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 Trentham Academy?
- Trentham Academy has 794 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Trentham Academy full?
- Trentham Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 794 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Trentham Academy a faith school?
- No. Trentham Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Trentham Academy a selective school?
- No. Trentham Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Trentham Academy?
- Trentham Academy is part of CITY LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Trentham Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.1 in 2022/23 and 46.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Trentham Academy rank locally?
- Trentham Academy ranked 3rd of 14 secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Trentham Academy's absence rate?
- Trentham Academy's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Trentham Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Trentham 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 10 July 2026.