City Learning Trust — 4 schools

The trust at a glance

Schools: 4
Primary: 2
Secondary: 2
Pupils: 2,588
Average Attainment 8: 41.4
Average KS2 expected standard: 55%

Across the 4 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.

-0.23confidence interval -0.38 to -0.09

Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.23 (interval -0.38 to -0.09). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 353 pupils across 2 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).

Ofsted across the trust

Outstanding1

Good2

No overall grade1

3 of the trust's 4 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 1 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.

Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 1 Outstanding, 2 Good; 1 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.

Schools in City Learning Trust

School	Area	Ofsted	Attainment 8	Progress 8
Mill Hill Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led	Stoke-on-Trent	Outstanding 2023	—	—
Smallthorne Primary AcademyAcademy converter	Stoke-on-Trent	Good 2023	—	—
Haywood AcademyAcademy converter	Stoke-on-Trent	Good 2023	36.1	-0.55-0.74 to -0.37
Trentham AcademyAcademy converter	Stoke-on-Trent	Report card 2026	46.6	0.21-0.02 to 0.43 · not a win

Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.