Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy, Stafford

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy on 6 areas: 4 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' attendance and have secured continuous improvement in this from very low starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion sits at the core of the school's purpose."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders know every pupil in detail."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development is a key strength of the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well from low starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have built an ambitious, personalised curriculum that responds to the disrupted prior learning many pupils have experienced."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the subject knowledge of all teaching staff in the delivery of the phonics programme so that staff are able to consistently support pupils who need to develop their early reading skills in order to access the full curriculum"; "Leaders should continue to prioritise attendance and punctuality by building on the school's embedded, personalised approach, with an ongoing focus on further improving pupils' attendance from their individual starting points".

Across Staffordshire, 92% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Staffordshire lodged 309 appeals against secondary school offers; 231 reached a hearing and 36 succeeded (15.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy are Blessed William Howard Catholic School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.1); King Edward VI High School (0.8 miles, Attainment 8 39.9); Stafford Manor High School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.3); and Stafford Manor High School (1.2 miles).

Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy is one of 16 schools run by Manor Hall Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 26% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college.

59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 16 pupils (41%) received SEN support and 1 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Stafford Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Green (adjacent), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 518 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy are St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles), St Paul's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles), John Wheeldon Primary Academy (0.8 miles) and Rowley Park Primary Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.