Blackfriars Academy
Academy special converter · Mixed · Staffordshire
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2TF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
89.2%
30.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
121
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
120 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jamie Campbell
- Address
- Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2TF
- Phone
- 01782987150
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Town · Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141448
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 6% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
121 pupils · 120 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 118 pupils
Attendance
89.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
10.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
30.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 14 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.