West Midlands
Secondary schools in Staffordshire
428 schools, 127,743 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.4.
Ofsted across Staffordshire
Good198
Requires improvement19
Outstanding15
Inadequate1
No overall grade195
233 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 195 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Staffordshire
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painsley Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2022 | 58.8 |
| The Friary SchoolAcademy converter | Lichfield | Good 2024 | 57.8 |
| John Taylor High SchoolAcademy converter | Burton-on-Trent | No grade | 54.8 |
| Endon High SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 54.2 |
| King Edward VI SchoolCommunity school | Lichfield | Good 2022 | 52.2 |
| Blessed William Howard Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | Good 2024 | 52 |
| Kinver High School and Sixth FormAcademy sponsor led | Stourbridge | Good 2021 | 50.9 |
| Walton High SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | No grade | 50.6 |
| Landau Forte Academy, QEMSAcademy sponsor led | Tamworth | Good 2022 | 49.6 |
| Madeley High SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No grade | 49.5 |
| Kingsmead SchoolAcademy converter | Cannock | No grade | 48.5 |
| Erasmus Darwin AcademyAcademy converter | Burntwood | Good 2023 | 47.8 |
| Alleyne's AcademyAcademy converter | Stone | No grade | 47.7 |
| Wolgarston High SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | No grade | 47.6 |
| Codsall Community High SchoolCommunity school | Wolverhampton | Good 2023 | 47.5 |
| Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Burton-on-Trent | Outstanding 2023 | 46.7 |
| Blythe Bridge High SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | No grade | 46.6 |
| The de Ferrers AcademyAcademy converter | Burton-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 46.5 |
| The Hart SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Rugeley | Good 2023 | 46.5 |
| John Taylor Free SchoolFree schools | Burton-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 46.4 |
| Clayton Hall AcademyAcademy converter | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Good 2024 | 45.8 |
| Moorside High SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2024 | 45.4 |
| Lift RawlettAcademy converter | Tamworth | No grade | 45.1 |
| Thomas Alleyne's High SchoolAcademy converter | Uttoxeter | No grade | 45.1 |
| Sir Graham Balfour High SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | No grade | 45 |
| The Weston Road AcademyAcademy converter | Stafford | Good 2023 | 44.7 |
| Chase Terrace AcademyAcademy converter | Burntwood | No grade | 44.3 |
| Westwood CollegeAcademy converter | Leek | Requires improvement 2024 | 44.2 |
| The Orme AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newcastle | Good 2024 | 43.8 |
| Cardinal Griffin Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Cannock | Good 2023 | 43.6 |
| Biddulph High SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2022 | 43.3 |
| Cannock Chase High SchoolAcademy converter | Cannock | Good 2023 | 42.1 |
| Wombourne High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wolverhampton | Good 2022 | 42.1 |
| Cheslyn Hay AcademyAcademy converter | Walsall | No grade | 42.1 |
| St John Fisher Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Newcastle Under Lyme | Requires improvement 2023 | 41.8 |
| The JCB AcademyUniversity technical college | Rocester | Good 2024 | 41.6 |
| Chesterton Community Sports CollegeAcademy converter | Newcastle | Good 2022 | 41.2 |
| Paulet High SchoolAcademy converter | Burton-on-Trent | Good 2024 | 41 |
| The King's CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2024 | 40.1 |
| Landau Forte Academy, AmingtonAcademy sponsor led | Tamworth | Good 2022 | 40 |
| The Cheadle AcademyAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | No grade | 40 |
| Abbot Beyne SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Burton-on-Trent | Good 2022 | 39.4 |
| Great Wyrley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Walsall | Good 2023 | 39 |
| The Wilnecote SchoolAcademy converter | Tamworth | Good 2022 | 38.7 |
| Nether Stowe SchoolAcademy converter | Lichfield | No grade | 38.7 |
| Paget High SchoolCommunity school | Burton-on-Trent | Good 2022 | 38.5 |
| Leek High SchoolAcademy converter | Leek | Requires improvement 2024 | 38.1 |
| The Rural Enterprise AcademyFree schools | Penkridge | Inadequate 2024 | 37.6 |
| Newcastle AcademyAcademy converter | Newcastle Under Lyme | Good 2023 | 37.6 |
| Lift TamworthAcademy sponsor led | Tamworth | No grade | 36.1 |
| Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | 35.9 |
| Sir Thomas Boughey AcademyAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2022 | 35.1 |
| Norton Canes High SchoolCommunity school | Cannock | Requires improvement 2024 | 34.8 |
| King Edward VI High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stafford | No grade | 33.4 |
| Staffordshire University AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Cannock | Good 2023 | 32.9 |
| Stafford Manor High SchoolFoundation school | Stafford | No grade | 30.6 |
| Rugeley John TaylorFree schools | Rugeley | No grade | — |
| Walton Priory Middle SchoolCommunity school | Stone | No grade | — |
| Perton Middle SchoolCommunity school | Wolverhampton | Good 2023 | — |
| Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wolverhampton | Good 2023 | — |
| Christ Church AcademyAcademy converter | Stone | No grade | — |
| St Edward's Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Leek | No grade | — |
| Woodhouse AcademyAcademy converter | Stoke-on-Trent | Good 2023 | — |
| Churnet View Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Leek | No grade | — |
| Codsall Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Wolverhampton | No grade | — |
| Windsor Park CE Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Uttoxeter | Good 2021 | — |
| Penkridge Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | Good 2022 | — |
| Brewood Middle CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stafford | Good 2024 | — |
| Ryecroft CofE Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Rocester | Good 2022 | — |
| Oldfields Hall Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Uttoxeter | Good 2022 | — |
| James Bateman Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Biddulph | Good 2023 | — |