Kidsgrove Secondary School, Stoke-on-Trent

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball, badminton, cross-country, chess, STEM, Duke of Edinburgh, Spanish and homework club.

In 2026, pupils at Kidsgrove Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.5: pupils made well 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 25.5, against 42.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 12 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 95 families put Kidsgrove Secondary School as their first choice and 174 named it as one of their preferences, for 97 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 Kidsgrove Secondary School are The King's CofE Academy (0.8 miles, Attainment 8 36.9); Ormiston Horizon Academy (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.5); St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); and James Bateman Middle School (2.5 miles, Good).

Kidsgrove Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Kidsgrove Secondary 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 61 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 71% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 13% to an apprenticeship and 7% into work.

1.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 72 pupils (18.3%) received SEN support and 9 (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.

The nearest railway station is Kidsgrove Rail Station, about 1140 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Maryhill School (adjacent), 200 metres away.

In 2024/25, Kidsgrove Secondary School issued 23 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Kidsgrove Secondary School are Kidsgrove Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Dove Bank Primary School (0.3 miles), St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy (0.6 miles) and St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.