Walton High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stafford, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2025

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 3 March 2025

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Walton High School is a secondary school in Stafford, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.

Walton High School 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	Not published
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.
Its 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 50.6 (England 46), while the A level average grade was C (England B-), with average progress from GCSE to A level.
For Year 7 in 2026 there were 173 first-choice applications for 181 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 7.9%, against a middle figure of 22.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: The Rise, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford, ST17 0LJ
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 1,262 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024

Strengths

“Pupils are happy here and attend often.”
“Leaders pay a great deal of attention to pupils’ safety and well-being.”
“Because of this, pupils feel safe here.”

To improve

“Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been significant turbulence in the leadership of the school.”
“However, in some lessons, this is less consistent.”
“Where this happens, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are missed, and misconceptions persist.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 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)	50%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	50.6	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	C	B-

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: 173 first-preference applications, 181 offers in total, 173 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 Staffordshire.

Stafford Manor High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Weston Road Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Blessed William Howard Catholic School 2.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
King Edward VI High School 2.6 mi Not judged
Sir Graham Balfour High School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Wolgarston High School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade
The Hart School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Staffordshire University Academy 5.6 mi Good Last distance published