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Sporting Stars Academy

Independent · ages 14-19MixedIndependent73 pupilsSixth formStoke-on-Trent
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Strong pass in English and maths0%England 46%
PlacesFull73 pupils, 62 places
Average A level gradez2024/25
Pupils on roll73Census January 2024

Sporting Stars Academy is an independent school in Stoke-on-Trent for boys and girls aged 14 to 19. It has 73 pupils, 11 more than it has places for.

Field Avenue, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7AS01782 248248sportingstarsacademy.comMrs Katie Jackson headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

24 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.

Average GCSE score10.5
England 46.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths0%
England 46%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths4%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
Trend
Average GCSE score
2018 to 2025
2018: 10.510.520182019: 7.67.620192022: 6.66.620222023: 10.810.820232024: 9.29.220242025: 10.510.52025
Since 2018: +0.0
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure202520242023202220192018Stoke-on-TrentEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 11242320123242
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 810.59.210.86.67.610.541.546.8
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths0%4%5%0%0%0%35%46%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths4%4%15%0%0%5%57%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score1.040.820.900.500.380.413.564.15
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry0%0%0%0%0%0%31%41%

Subjects

Results came out for 5 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.

Subjects that did worse than the England average: Mathematics (0% here, 53% across England), English Language (6% here, 54% across England), Combined Science (0% here, 36% across England).

What is taught here
HumanitiesHistory14

The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.

Every subject against England, 2025
Mathematics18 entries
0%England 53%
6%England 54%
0%England 36%
History14 entries
0%England 52%
0%England 58%
SubjectEntriesGrades 9 to 7Grades 9 to 5Grades 9 to 4England 9 to 5Rank in England
Mathematics180%0%6%53%
English Language180%6%6%54%
Combined Science160%0%0%36%
History140%0%0%52%
English Literature130%0%23%58%

In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.

A level and sixth-form results, 2025

8 students finished sixth-form courses.

Average A level gradez
All sixth-form measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232022
Students8845
Average A level gradezzz

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
11.48.4
Gap 3.0England 3.0
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Stoke-on-Trent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll73Census January 2024
Places62118% full
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals
Pupils getting extra support27%20 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan73%53 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls56 / 17
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll737756584723
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support0%21%19%6%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans74%79%81%94%91%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m9212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate40 per 1,000 people56% lower than the England average
Typical house price£155,000Stoke-on-Trent
Nearest bus stop320 mChurch Avenue, 5 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Hillside Primary SchoolCouncil100 m224Good 202377Compare
Milton Primary AcademyAcademy580 m404Report card 202675Compare
Greenways Primary AcademyAcademy920 m234Not inspected92Compare
Carmountside Primary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles196Good 202212Compare
Norton-Le-Moors Primary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles233Good 202273Compare
The Excel AcademyAcademy1.0 miles1,184Good 202113Compare
Birches Head AcademyAcademy1.2 miles925Report card 20261Compare
Holden Lane AcademyAcademy1.2 miles222Good 202492Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Sporting Stars Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sporting Stars Academy yet.

How good are Sporting Stars Academy's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 10.5, against 46.8 for England.

How many pupils does Sporting Stars Academy have?

73 pupils aged 14 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 62 places, so it is 118% full.

Does Sporting Stars Academy have a sixth form?

Yes. The average A level grade in 2025 was z.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Field Avenue, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7AS
Telephone
01782 248248
Website
sportingstarsacademy.com
Headteacher
Mrs Katie Jackson
Type of school
Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
Phase
Independent school, ages 14-19, with sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Ward
Baddeley, Milton & Norton
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
18 July 2014 (new provision)
URN
141128 · LAESTAB 8616012 · UKPRN 10080776

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from