Painsley Catholic College
Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
1,340 pupils · 93% of 1,447 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.7%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 17 May 2022, published 7 July 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 63.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 82.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 86% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.01 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 246 | 248 | 375 | 246 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 215 | 216 | 355 | 215 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 221 | 220 | 371 | 221 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 224 | 218 | 390 | 224 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 222 | 227 | 386 | 222 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 226 | 256 | 403 | 226 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 224 | 254 | 437 | 224 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 223 | 276 | 451 | 223 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Cheadle Academy 0.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Blythe Bridge High School 5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Moorside High School 7.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 7.6 km · No Ofsted rating
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 8.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Discovery Academy 8.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.