Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent: the highest performing non-selective school in Stoke-on-Trent
Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent is the highest performing non-selective school in the city achieving its best ever results in 2024. That is according to new data published by the Department for Education on Thursday 5th December.
Students at the academy achieve higher grades at Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent than their peers nationally.
Performance in English is strongest with progress in the top 3% of all schools nationally.
Yet again our students have achieved some quite exceptional results. We place real value on hard work and relentless determination to succeed. Our Year 11 cohort were the ultimate example of those qualities as they delivered the Academy’s best ever results. I have always been clear: our young people are as intelligent, talented and impressive as the very best in the country. And this year, they proved that with some phenomenal achievements. We are incredibly proud of them.
The DFE data measures progress, or, the difference between where a child begins their time at the Academy - using their SATs results as a starting point - and their grades at the end. Our results show students making “above average” progress compared to other schools. To have achieved such exceptional rates of progress is testament to the incredible tenacity and professional expertise of the teachers at the Academy.
Mr Richardson continued: ‘Great teachers define futures. Our students attend a school with exceptional teachers who are experts in their subjects and work tirelessly to deliver the very best lessons each day. This is coupled with a commitment to making sure our Year 11s are given every support to be ready for their exams so that they can go and perform. Our students, like all young people, deserve the very best teachers. That is what they get at our Academy.’
The Academy is not only the highest performing non-selective school in Stoke-on-Trent, it has outperformed schools in many areas of Staffordshire, Cheshire East and Cheshire West, including some judged to be “outstanding”, meaning that the Academy is one of the best in the region.