Sir Thomas Boughey Academy, Stoke-on-Trent

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Sir Thomas Boughey Academy on 6 areas: 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have made attendance a priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school provides a broad and well-sequenced curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The recently appointed leaders understand the context of their school and the local community well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme is carefully planned to meet pupils' needs."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published key stage 4 data is below the national average, and examination results show underperformance across a range of subjects and for some groups, including disadvantaged pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders must continue to ensure that staff have the necessary subject and pedagogical knowledge to deliver the ambitious curriculum"; "Leaders must ensure that actions are implemented swiftly so that all pupils receive a high-quality education and to raise achievement"; "Leaders must ensure that they continue to address pupils' barriers to attending school to support high attendance".

In 2026, pupils at Sir Thomas Boughey Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

27% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.46: 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 29.4, against 40.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.8 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 83 families put Sir Thomas Boughey Academy as their first choice and 135 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 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 Sir Thomas Boughey Academy are Chesterton Community Sports College (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.8); Madeley High School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.6); St John Fisher Catholic College (3.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.7); and Newcastle Academy (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 31.9).

Sir Thomas Boughey Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Sir Thomas Boughey 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 117 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 76% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

2.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 62 pupils (13.9%) received SEN support and 8 (1.8%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Sir Thomas Boughey Academy.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Holding Crescent (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 16 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86).

In 2024/25, Sir Thomas Boughey Academy issued 210 suspensions, 46.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Sir Thomas Boughey Academy are Alsagers Bank Primary Academy (0.7 miles), Wood Lane Primary School (1 mile) and Ravensmead Primary School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.