The Weston Road Academy is a secondary academy in Stafford, United Kingdom with 978 pupils, part of The Weston Road Academy. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Leadership Support Officer (Part-time) (closes 30 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Ann Kingman, Acting Principal
Trust or group
The Weston Road Academy
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
978 pupils · 49% girls · 20.0% eligible for free school meals · 4.1% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
125 (12.8%) on SEN support · 42 (4.3%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
42.1
38.7%
2024/25
44.7
46.1%
2023/24
46.0
46.0%
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.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
21 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
55.1
17.8
–
0
£54,164
2024/25
52.1
19.0
6%
0
£50,565
2023/24
55.8
17.4
13%
0
£46,222
2022/23
53.9
18.6
7%
1
£46,771
2021/22
55.1
18.0
17%
0
£43,832
2020/21
53.9
18.8
7%
0
£43,754
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
54.7
18.1
5%
0
£40,331
2018/19
49.7
18.7
6%
0
£38,863
2017/18
51.4
17.6
17%
0
£36,194
2016/17
42.9
20.2
12%
0
£37,856
2015/16
47.8
18.1
12%
1
£41,103
2014/15
49.3
16.5
16%
0
£40,481
2013/14
51.6
15.5
13%
0
£43,107
2012/13
53.6
15.3
20%
0
£38,533
2011/12
56.5
14.6
10%
0
£37,271
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
8.3%
1.9%
22.9%
3.1%
2024/25
7.9%
1.3%
21.4%
2.9%
2023/24
8.9%
1.4%
26.8%
2.8%
2022/23
9.1%
1.9%
26.9%
2.5%
2021/22
8.8%
1.0%
27.6%
2.1%
2020/21
3.4%
0.4%
7.3%
0.7%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.0%
0.6%
12.2%
0.6%
2017/18
5.1%
1.0%
12.1%
1.2%
2016/17
5.5%
0.8%
14.2%
1.0%
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 teaching. Most often advertised: Teacher of Mathematics. 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.