Roaches School
Other independent special school · Ages 5–16 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Roaches School is an independent special school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 5–16.
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Key facts
- Address
- Tunstall Road, Knypersley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AB
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5–16
- Council
- Staffordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 40 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “She quickly prioritised addressing weaknesses in safeguarding.”
- “The school has also addressed unmet standards relating to welfare, health and safety, premises, provision of information and complaints.”
- “The school has identified appropriate schemes of work and plans to introduce these at the start of the next school year.”
To improve
- “The school does not meet all of the independent school standards that were checked during this inspection”
- “This focus on safeguarding and health and safety has delayed the start of the school’s work to improve the quality of education.”
- “Plans to improve the quality of education and provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development have not been realised.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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