Clayton Hall Academy, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, chess and STEM.

In 2026, pupils at Clayton Hall Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.5, against 48 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 139 families put Clayton Hall Academy as their first choice and 324 named it as one of their preferences, for 174 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Clayton Hall Academy are St Joseph's College (0.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 63.6); Thistley Hough Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); Newcastle Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.9); and Trentham Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46).

Clayton Hall Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Clayton Hall Academy is one of 15 schools run by Windsor Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 191 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 65% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

In 2026, 75 pupils (9.1%) received SEN support and 14 (1.7%) 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 Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nuffield Hospital (opposite), 270 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Clayton Hall Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 165 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.

In 2024/25, Clayton Hall Academy issued 208 suspensions, 26.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Clayton Hall Academy are Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Langdale Primary School (0.7 miles), St John's CofE (A) Primary School (0.8 miles) and Seabridge Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.