Thistley Hough Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
1.202 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Thistley Hough Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Thistley Hough 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 | 1.202 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.202 miles away, the 4th shortest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.73 miles).
- For Year 7 2026, there were 211 first-choice applications for 208 offers; 174 offers went to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.9 (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
- Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Thistley Hough is a school that has improved significantly.”
- “As a result, pupils typically enjoy coming to school.”
- “Pupils attend well and have positive relationships with school staff.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ behaviour does not yet meet the school’s high expectations.”
- “Too many pupils are suspended or miss their lessons because of their behaviour.”
- “Sometimes, particularly in key stage 3, teachers do not identify which parts of a subject pupils have not learned well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2026 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.9 | 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: 211 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 174 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.
- St Joseph's College 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trentham Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birches Head Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Discovery Academy 3.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published