Birches Head Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
4.671 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Birches Head Academy is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Birches Head 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 | 4.671 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Year 7 had 69 first-choice applications for 129 offers (0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2025 lived 4.671 miles away, the 5th longest of 15 Stoke-on-Trent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 17% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 31.3 (England 46).
- Among 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent, the 2024/25 share getting grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths was 2nd lowest.
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
- Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 925 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 23 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff, parents and carers talk about how much the school has improved over the last couple of years.”
- “They can see that leaders’ actions are making day-to-day life in school better.”
- “Pupils feel safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, there are some pupils who have not fully bought into the school’s ‘be kind’ culture.”
- “Their attitudes towards some of their peers are disrespectful.”
- “The comments they make mean that some pupils do not feel valued by everyone in school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 17% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 31.3 | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 129 offers in total, 69 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Straight-line distance, in Stoke-on-Trent.
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