Christ Church Academy

About Christ Church Academy

Christ Church Academy, a Church of England secondary in Staffordshire for pupils aged 9 to 13, sits in a local authority where the average Progress 8 score for state secondary schools is -0.18. That figure is slightly below the national average of zero, which means the typical school in the area helps pupils make a little less academic progress than their peers across England. Christ Church Academy itself does not have a published Progress 8 score in the available data, so it is not possible to say whether it outperforms or underperforms the LA average on that specific metric. However, the school does hold a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its last graded inspection in 2012, with a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2022 confirming it remains Good. That puts it in a solid position compared with the 75 other state secondaries in the authority, of which only five are rated Outstanding.

The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, from December 2012, awarded it Good overall, with both leadership and management and the overall effectiveness judged as Good. The previous inspection in 2008 had rated it Outstanding, so the 2012 result represented a step down, but the school has held steady at Good since then. Christ Church Academy does not have a sixth form, so there are no A-Level results to consider, and its KS2 SATs data is not provided here. With 545 pupils on roll against a capacity of 566, the school is nearly full, suggesting it is a popular choice locally. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 19.1 per cent, which is slightly above the national average for secondary schools and indicates a moderate level of disadvantage among the intake.

Facilities are a strong point, with a swimming pool, theatre, chapel, science labs, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, and playing fields all on site. The school offers a wide range of sports including football, rugby, cricket, tennis, athletics, and swimming, plus clubs such as orchestra, debate, gardening, Young Enterprise, newspaper, and Model UN. Its SEND provisions cover seven areas, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This breadth of support, combined with the school’s Church of England character and middle-school age range, makes it a good fit for families in Stafford seeking a well-resourced, inclusive environment that balances academic expectations with pastoral care and extracurricular breadth.

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