Endon High School, Stoke-on-Trent

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am very privileged to be the Headteacher, and to work with a dedicated team of professionals committed to inspiring young people to go beyond their best."

In 2026, pupils at Endon High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 54.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.14: pupils made below 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 42.2, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 157 families put Endon High School as their first choice and 281 named it as one of their preferences, for 141 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Endon High School are The Excel Academy (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.7); Birches Head Academy (2.8 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 33); Biddulph High School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46); and Haywood Academy (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.4).

Endon High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Endon High School is one of 31 schools run by The Shaw Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 11% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

13.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 111 pupils (15.9%) received SEN support and 16 (2.3%) 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Endon High School.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Endon High School 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 19 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86).

In 2024/25, Endon High School issued 48 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Endon High School are St Luke's CofE Academy Endon (0.2 miles), Endon Hall Primary School (0.5 miles), Greenways Primary Academy (1 mile) and St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.