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Boarding schools in Staffordshire

All 6 boarding schools in Staffordshire.

6 schools in Staffordshire

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  1. Cicely Haughton School

    Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0BX · Academy · Primary · Ages 4 to 11

    • Ofsted:Outstanding in every area

    Specialist provision. Results aren't published in the same way.

    Results

    Not published for this kind of school.

    Days missed a year
    About 23
    Pupils
    55
    View school Cicely Haughton School
  2. Loxley Hall School

    Uttoxeter, ST14 8RS · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys

    • Ofsted:Good or better
    • Boys

    Specialist provision. Results aren't published in the same way.

    Results

    Not published for this kind of school.

    Days missed a year
    About 44
    Pupils
    105
    View school Loxley Hall School
  3. Saxon Hill Academy

    Lichfield, WS14 9DE · Academy · All-through · Ages 2 to 19

    • Ofsted:Strong standard in every area
    • Has a nursery
    • Has a sixth form

    Specialist provision. Results aren't published in the same way.

    Results

    Not published for this kind of school.

    Days missed a year
    About 37
    Pupils
    130
    View school Saxon Hill Academy
  4. Walton Hall Academy

    Stafford, ST21 6JR · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 19

    • Ofsted:Good
    • Has a sixth form

    Specialist provision. Results aren't published in the same way.

    Results

    Not published for this kind of school.

    Days missed a year
    About 19
    Pupils
    223
    View school Walton Hall Academy
  5. Denstone College

    Uttoxeter, ST14 5HN · Independent · All-through · Ages 4 to 19

    • ISI:Inspected
    • Church of England
    • Has a sixth form

    Independent school. Results well above the Staffordshire boarding schools average.

    Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5

    Staffordshire boarding schools Grade 0England Grade 5

    Days missed a year
    –Staffordshire boarding schools about 29
    Pupils
    740
    View school Denstone College
  6. The Yarlet School

    Stafford, ST18 9SU · Independent · All-through · Ages 4 to 14

    • ISI:Inspected
    • Church of England

    Independent school. Results aren't published in the same way.

    Results

    Not published for this kind of school.

    Days missed a year
    –Staffordshire boarding schools about 29
    Pupils
    119
    View school The Yarlet School
The big picture

How Staffordshire's boarding schools spread out

Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.

GCSE score (Attainment 8)

Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.

Staffordshire 1.2England 46.2Loxley Hall School: 1.1Walton Hall Academy: 1.2Denstone College: 45.7020406080
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Days missed

Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.

Staffordshire average 16.2%Walton Hall Academy: 9.8%Cicely Haughton School: 12%Saxon Hill Academy: 19.6%Loxley Hall School: 23.4%0%6%12%18%24%
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Ofsted grades in Staffordshire

The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 5 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.

  • Outstanding: 0 of 1
  • Good: 1 of 1
  • Requires improvement: 0 of 1
  • Inadequate: 0 of 1
Before you apply

Four things worth knowing in Staffordshire

  1. Some are faith schools.

    2 of the 6 boarding schools in Staffordshire have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.

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  2. Check how old the Ofsted grade is.

    Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.

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About these schools

Boarding schools in Staffordshire, explained

There are 6 boarding schools in Staffordshire, teaching 1,372 children. 0 are run by the council and 4 are academies or free schools. Among them are 4 special and 2 independent schools.

100% of the schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 0 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.

0.0% of pupils in Staffordshire boarding schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at 11, against 62% across England.

49.7% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £29,239 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 42.7% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.

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Questions

Questions parents ask

How many boarding schools are in Staffordshire?
There are 6 boarding schools in Staffordshire, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What is the average class size in Staffordshire boarding schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across boarding schools in Staffordshire is 8:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.

Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.

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