The Excel Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
0.557 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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The Excel Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 November 2021. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
The Excel 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 | 0.557 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.557 miles away, the shortest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 1.73 miles.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 271 first-choice applications for 238 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 227 offers went to first-choice families, and 44 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
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
- Milton Road, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 November 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Excel Academy and feel safe at this school.”
- “They value the support they get from staff and are positive about the school.”
- “Staff welcome pupils warmly each day and pupils know that there is an adult they can talk to if they have a concern.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not consistently experience sufficient challenge in lessons to maximise their learning.”
- “While some pupils are not fully able to recall the impact of the school’s personal development programme, many pupils are positive about the school's careers provision and how it prepares them for the future.”
- “However, teaching is not yet fully consistent across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.5 | 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: 271 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 227 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.
- Birches Head Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haywood Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ormiston Horizon Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Discovery Academy 3.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Thistley Hough Academy 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published