Secondary school

The Excel Academy

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • ST1 6LG
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,884 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 88%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 80%80%2016/17: top 71%2017/18: top 48%2018/19: top 40%40% · 2018/192021/22: top 71%2022/23: top 69%2023/24: top 79%2024/25: top 88%No exams

Against West Midlands

Attainment 837.5 · West Midlands 44.12/10 Well below West Midlands−19.6 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths29.3% · West Midlands 39.3%2/10 Well below West Midlands−6.1 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.06 · West Midlands 3.811/10 Well below West Midlands−26.2 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.57 · West Midlands −0.102/10 Well below West Midlands−51.2 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.2 · 139 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 42.4 · 146 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 46.3 · 123 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 48 · 161 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 44.3 · 203 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 42.2 · 203 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 39.8 · 223 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 37.5 · 242 pupils · West Midlands 44.154837.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 36% · 146 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 39% · 123 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 49% · 161 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 37% · 203 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 37% · 203 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 31.4% · 223 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 29.3% · 242 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%49%29.3%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in83.8%
227 of 271 who put it first2014 · 98.6%2026 · 83.8%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st271227
2nd17010
3rd580

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2021

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2016Ungraded visit
  6. 2021Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,184
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.8%
First language not English10.7%
SEN support17.1%
EHC plan2.8%
Absence (sessions missed)10.7%
Persistently absent pupils29.0%

Girls 48.9%Boys 51.1%

98.7% full · 1,200 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.7
Pupils per adult12.5
  • Classroom teachers 63.8
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 13.2
  • Other support 25.8

Teachers 70.8 FTE · Whole workforce 109.9 · 150 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,782
Spend per pupil£7,387
Staff spend per pupil£5,227
Reserve per pupil£81
  • +£98,000revenue reserve
  • +£481,000in-year balance

Grants £7,697 · self-generated £119 · premises £893 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £1,960,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

223 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.8%
  • Education79.8%
  • Apprenticeship4.9%
  • Employment4%
  • Not sustained7.2%
  • Unknown4%