St Gregory's Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent

In its own words: "The earliest records of education at St Gregory's date from 1840 when there was a Catholic Sunday School for 300 pupils, taught by 25 teachers in two rooms! By 1869 the school was well established in a building on Griffin Street. At this time there was a separate Boys' School and a Girls' School."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, swimming and STEM.

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at St Gregory's Catholic Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Stoke-on-Trent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 88% in reading and 92% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put St Gregory's Catholic Academy as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Gregory's Catholic Academy are St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 52% reading, 48% maths); Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 80% maths); Sutherland Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 69% maths); and Gladstone Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 72% maths).

St Gregory's Catholic Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Gregory's Catholic Academy is one of 64 schools run by St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

25.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Asian (35%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 67 pupils (14.5%) received SEN support and 8 (1.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Platform 2, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edensor Road (adjacent), 400 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Gregory's Catholic Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Gregory's Catholic Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Gregory's Catholic Academy are St Thomas More Catholic Academy (0.4 miles), Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy (1.2 miles), Ormiston Meridian Academy (1.2 miles) and Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams (1.5 miles).