Schools in Staffordshire Moorlands[1]

Local authority district E07000198 · 68 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 59 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 3 (5%)[4]
second 20%: 12 (20%)[4]
middle 20%: 10 (17%)[4]
fourth 20%: 16 (27%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 18 (31%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	5%[4]	17%[4]	7%[4]	27%[4]	44%[4]
Employment	7%[4]	15%[4]	15%[4]	42%[4]	20%[4]
Education and skills	10%[4]	12%[4]	27%[4]	44%[4]	7%[4]
Health and disability	5%[4]	17%[4]	17%[4]	37%[4]	24%[4]
Crime	3%[4]	15%[4]	15%[4]	17%[4]	49%[4]
Housing and services	20%[4]	15%[4]	19%[4]	19%[4]	27%[4]
Living environment	20%[4]	27%[4]	22%[4]	20%[4]	10%[4]
Children in low-income families	5%[4]	10%[4]	17%[4]	31%[4]	37%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 78.3% of 42,336 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 28.4% of 80,857 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 11.1% of 80,859 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (12)

School	Ages	Headline results
Biddulph High School	13–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Blythe Bridge High School	11–18[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Churnet View Middle School	9–13[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Endon High School	11–16[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8]
James Bateman Middle School	9–13[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Leek High School	13–18[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] AL C- 2023/24[11]
Moorside High School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Painsley Catholic College	11–18[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
St Edward's Church of England Academy	9–13[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
The Cheadle Academy	11–18[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C- 2023/24[11]
Westwood College	13–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Woodhouse Academy	9–13[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]

Primary schools (42)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints CofE First School	5–9[2]
Beresford Memorial CofE First School	3–9[2]
Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Blackshaw Moor CofE First School	3–9[2]
Cheadle Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Dilhorne Endowed CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 100% 2023/24[12]
Endon Hall Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Forsbrook CofE Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Great Wood Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Hollinsclough Church of England Academy	3–11[2]
Horton St Michael's CofE First School	5–9[2]
Hutchinson Memorial CofE First School	3–9[2]
Ilam Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
Kingsfield First School	3–9[2]
Knypersley First School	3–9[2]
Leek First School	5–9[2]
Manifold Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
Moor First School	2–9[2]
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Oxhey First School	3–9[2]
Rushton CofE First School	3–9[2]
Squirrel Hayes First School	3–9[2]
St Anne's CofE (VC) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]
St Edward's CofE Academy Cheddleton	3–9[2]
St Filumena's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 96% 2024/25[10]
St Giles' Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St John's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
St Leonard's Church of England First School	4–9[2]
St Luke's CofE Academy Endon	5–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton	5–9[2]
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 94% 2024/25[10]
St Werburgh's CE (A) Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
The Faber Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
The Valley Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
The William Amory Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Werrington Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Westwood First School	5–9[2]
Woodcroft Academy	3–9[2]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Evergreen	7–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (13)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bradshaw Farm Independent School	11–16[2]
Cicely Haughton School	4–11[2]
Compass Community School Staffordshire	11–17[2]
Draycott Moor College	10–18[2]
Elm House School	5–14[2]
Hopedale School	4–18[2]
Horton Lodge Community Special School	2–11[2]
Old Sams Farm Independent School	11–16[2]
Parkgate Farm	7–16[2]
Roaches School	5–16[2]
Springfield School	3–11[2]
Sycamore Meadow Outdoor Learning Centre	8–19[2]
The Meadows School	11–19[2]

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