State-fundedAcademy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST4 5NT · Selective · Roman Catholic
Secondary with sixth form · ages 11–18
St Joseph's College is a state-funded school in Stoke-on-Trent, teaching pupils aged 11 to 18. It is selective, admitting on an entrance test. It has a religious character (Roman Catholic).
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | +0.8194th percentile | +0.6790th percentile | +0.5787th percentile | +0.6892nd percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 62.093rd percentile | 64.595th percentile | 64.894th percentile | 63.894th percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was +0.81 — well above average, the 94th percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 0.81 of a grade per subject higher than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs +0.58 to +1.04. That sits entirely above zero, so the above-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has risen in each of the years shown (2021–22 to 2023–24), which is a more convincing signal than any single year.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 80%94th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 5.9394th percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | — | — | +1.24 | +1.24 |
| Middle starters | +0.98 | +0.86 | +0.79 | +0.88 |
| Higher starters | +0.54 | +0.44 | +0.19 | +0.39 |
285 families named this school first for 150 places for 2026 entry — 1.90 first preferences per place.
| 2026 entry | 2025 entry | 2024 entry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per place | 1.90× | 1.81× | 2.21× |
This is how sought-after a school is, not how good it is — demand tracks house prices and older siblings as much as anything a school does. It is also not your chance of getting in: a school with two applicants per place can still admit everyone living near it, while a less popular school a mile further away turns you down. Distance is usually what decides it, and that depends on your address.
| Overall absence | 4.0%99th percentile |
|---|---|
| Persistently absent pupils | 5.5%99th percentile |
Absence is worth reading next to results: it is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average. Across the schools in this dataset the overall absence rate averages 9.0%, so this school is below the norm.
Not inspected, or no grade in the published data
Around half of schools currently have no grade here — usually recently opened schools, or academies whose last full inspection was under a predecessor URN.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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