Birches Head Academy
Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 925 (476 boys, 449 girls)
- Capacity: 1040
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 41.1%
- Telephone: 01782233595
- Ofsted: Inadequate (3 Oct 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 23 Jun 2026)
- Attainment 8: 33 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 164 applications, 129 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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- Holden Lane Academy (0.2 miles, straight line)
- The Excel Academy (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Abbey Hulton Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic Academy (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Carmountside Primary Academy (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St George and St Martin's Catholic Academy (0.7 miles, straight line)
