Discovery Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
159.336 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Discovery Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Discovery Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 159.336 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2025: the last child offered a place lived 159.336 miles away, the longest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.73 miles).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 208 first-choice applications for 221 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 28% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Discovery Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0GA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this very inclusive school.”
- “They feel safe because they have absolute confidence that staff are there to help and support them whatever the problem might be.”
- “Pupils say that expectations of their behaviour and academic achievement have risen significantly over the last year.”
To improve
- “However, curriculum delivery is stronger in some areas than others.”
- “This means that sometimes, pupils are less interested in learning and do not do as well as they could.”
- “However, some aspects of this training are taking time to translate into classroom practice.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 208 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 208 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birches Head Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Excel Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thistley Hough Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published