Excellence Girls Academy
CROWTHER STREET, SHELTON, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2ER
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samia Haroon
- Religious ethos
- Islam
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 90
- URN
- 147236
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782390807
About this school
Excellence Girls Academy is a girls' independent school in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 9 to 16 and has 90 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Excellence Girls Academy under its current framework. 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
Excellence Girls Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.3 | 49.0 | 46.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 70% | 58.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 80% | 75% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 83% | 40% | 75% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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 Excellence Girls 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 | 46.3 | 31.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49 | 29.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.8 | 30.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62 |
| 2023/24 | 79 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 7
Location
Nearby schools
-
University of Staffordshire0.2 miles
Universities · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Registry0.3 miles
Independent schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Edison Pace School0.4 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Emerge School0.4 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Snowhill School0.5 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Kinetic Academy Independent schools
- Phoenix Independent School Independent schools
- Sporting Stars Academy Independent schools
- The Registry Independent schools
- The Valiant School Independent schools
- Bentilee Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Excellence Girls Academy teach?
- Excellence Girls Academy teaches children aged 9 to 16. It is an independent school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Excellence Girls Academy?
- The headteacher of Excellence Girls Academy is Mrs Samia Haroon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Excellence Girls Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Excellence Girls Academy 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 big is Excellence Girls Academy?
- Excellence Girls Academy has 90 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 16.
- Is Excellence Girls Academy full?
- Excellence Girls Academy has capacity for 150 pupils and 90 on roll (60%), 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 Excellence Girls Academy a faith school?
- No. Excellence Girls Academy has no designated religious character.
- How have Excellence Girls Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.3 in 2022/23 and 46.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Excellence Girls Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Excellence Girls 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 24 July 2026.