St Joseph's College is a secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom with 1,104 pupils, part of The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Sixth Form Admin Assistant (closes 18 November).
Head
Charlotte Slattery, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,104 pupils · 52% girls · 9.2% eligible for free school meals · 26.8% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
27 (2.4%) on SEN support · 7 (0.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
St Joseph’s College is an oversubscribed mixed Catholic grammar school with a long tradition of educational excellence. As part of the Laetare Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, we are…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
63.6
84.0%
2024/25
62.4
77.6%
2023/24
62.0
80.0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
70.4
15.7
–
0
£54,473
2024/25
69.7
16.2
31%
1
£53,555
2023/24
69.9
16.4
3%
0
£50,418
2022/23
69.2
16.7
4%
0
£46,943
2021/22
64.8
18.1
7%
0
£45,166
2020/21
62.3
18.2
5%
1
£45,628
Earlier years (2012/13 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
57.7
19.8
3%
0
£43,689
2018/19
65.2
17.9
13%
0
£42,139
2017/18
65.9
16.9
14%
0
£41,012
2016/17
68.5
15.9
11%
0
£40,388
2015/16
66.5
16.8
12%
0
£39,091
2014/15
70.4
15.6
10%
0
£39,239
2013/14
73.0
14.8
16%
0
£36,187
2012/13
0.0
–
–
0
–
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
3.6%
0.5%
5.6%
0.5%
2024/25
3.4%
0.6%
4.8%
0.1%
2023/24
3.3%
0.5%
5.0%
0.1%
2022/23
4.6%
0.6%
8.4%
0.4%
2021/22
4.0%
0.3%
7.0%
0.4%
2020/21
1.6%
0.1%
2.5%
0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
2.6%
0.2%
3.0%
0.0%
2017/18
3.0%
0.3%
3.6%
0.0%
2016/17
3.0%
0.3%
5.5%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 support. Most often advertised: Senior Site Supervisor. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.