Secondary
Birches Head Academy
Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 925 of 1040 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Trust
- FRANK FIELD EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 84.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 1,045
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2023
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
17%
20 points below the Stoke-on-Trent average (37% across 24 schools)
31.3
11.7 below the Stoke-on-Trent average (43.0 across 24 schools)
25th of 25 by our score, among the secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent we can score - 30 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.62 |
| Entered the EBacc | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30% |
| 22/23 | 15% |
| 23/24 | 16% |
| 24/25 | 17% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.53 |
| 22/23 | -0.87 |
| 23/24 | -0.95 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.5 |
| 22/23 | 30.8 |
| 23/24 | 30.2 |
| 24/25 | 31.3 |
Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Stoke-on-Trent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Paul Masher
- Address
- Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
- Telephone
- 01782233595