Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent

From the headteacher's welcome: "I was appointed in June 2020 and I am delighted about what we have achieved over the last few years. In the summer exams in 2026 we achieved our best ever results. This is a wonderful achievement for our students."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, gymnastics, basketball, badminton, choir, chess, STEM, art and Spanish.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am.

In 2026, pupils at Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 41.4 in Stoke-on-Trent and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 36% in Stoke-on-Trent and 47% in England.

That is up from 42.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: pupils made above 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 44.6, against 48 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.4 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 272 families put Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent as their first choice and 477 named it as one of their preferences, for 264 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 33 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent are Haywood Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.4); St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); Ormiston Horizon Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.5); and The Orme Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7).

Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent is one of 40 schools run by The Co-Operative Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 214 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 73% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

56.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 36.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (45%), White British (20%) and Black (12%).

The nearest railway station is Platform 1, about 1160 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Co-op Academy (opposite), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent issued 326 suspensions, 26.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent are Saint Nathaniel's Academy (0.4 miles), St Mary's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles), St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy (0.6 miles) and Mill Hill Primary Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.