Roaches School, Stoke-on-Trent
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The primary phase of the school provides a strong foundation for younger pupils with effective curriculum planning and teaching that helps them build reading skills and manage their emotions well. Teachers in the primary phase understand pupils' individual needs and adapt their teaching appropriately. However, this positive picture does not extend to the secondary phase, where the quality of education and behaviour management are significantly weaker.
Key Strengths
- Primary phase pupils benefit from a well-planned curriculum taught effectively with good progress in reading
- Primary phase teachers understand and meet pupils' SEND needs well, helping them achieve and manage their emotions
- Early reading support in the primary phase is effective, with younger pupils learning to read with fluency and understanding
Areas for Improvement
- Secondary phase lacks subject curriculums with identified knowledge pupils should learn, and teacher expectations are too low
- Safeguarding arrangements are not effective, placing pupils at risk - concerns are not tracked or acted upon systematically
- Poor behaviour in secondary phase is frequent and escalating, with staff using restraint often without proper training or reflection
- Secondary pupils have low attendance with no strategic support to improve it
- Pupils are not taught how to keep safe or about other cultures and protected characteristics as required by law
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are not effective and place pupils at increased risk of harm - the school fails to track patterns in incidents, does not know which pupils are known to children's social care, and has not acted on three local authority safeguarding review recommendations.
Extracurricular Activities
Music
Roaches School is a special needs school that has declined significantly from its previous Good rating. The school is now rated Inadequate across all areas, with serious concerns about safeguarding, behaviour management, and the quality of education for secondary-age pupils.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
69%
Available places
40 pupils
58 capacity
18 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Stoke-on-Trent
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Stoke-on-Trent
Admissions Demand - Staffordshire
Places available
8,849
Applications
7,846
Got 1st preference
91.6%
Got preferred school
98.6%
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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