Abbey Hill Academy & College
Box Lane, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, ST3 5PP
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Darryl Ellis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- St Bart's Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 412
- Pupils on roll
- 386
- URN
- 149990
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782355849
About this school
Abbey Hill Academy & College is a special academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 386 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Abbey Hill Academy & College under its current framework. 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
Abbey Hill Academy & College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in November 2023, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 34 |
| Attainment 8 score | - |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - |
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 Abbey Hill Academy & College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 373 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.44%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.52%
- Persistent absence
- 21.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rowan House School0.4 miles
Special schools
-
Kinetic Academy0.4 miles
Independent schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Intuition Holistic Education1.0 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Portland School1.7 miles
Academies · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Kemball School2.3 miles
Academies · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- 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
- Merit Hospital School and Medical Pupil Referral Unit Local authority maintained schools
- Newfriars College Other types
- North Road Academy Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbey Hill Academy & College teach?
- Abbey Hill Academy & College teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Abbey Hill Academy & College?
- The headteacher of Abbey Hill Academy & College is Mr Darryl Ellis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Abbey Hill Academy & College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbey Hill Academy & College 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 Abbey Hill Academy & College?
- Abbey Hill Academy & College has 386 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Abbey Hill Academy & College full?
- Abbey Hill Academy & College has capacity for 412 pupils and 386 on roll (94%), 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 Abbey Hill Academy & College a faith school?
- No. Abbey Hill Academy & College has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Abbey Hill Academy & College?
- Abbey Hill Academy & College is part of ST BART'S MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Abbey Hill Academy & College have?
- The schools register lists Abbey Hill Academy & College's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Abbey Hill Academy & College's absence rate?
- Abbey Hill Academy & College's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbey Hill Academy & College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbey Hill Academy & College'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.