Birches Head Academy
Academy converter · 925 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.3
Academy special converter
Watermill School
- Pupils on roll
- 254of 140 places
- Free school meals
- 51.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 15
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Watermill School (URN 124501, until 1 November 2018).
What the data says
Watermill School has no sixth form. Of the 21 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
As an 11–16 school, Watermill School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stoke-on-Trent and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Watermill School | Stoke-on-Trent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 21 | 2,796 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 87% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 79% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 11% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 24% | 49% | 37% |
| — other education | 71% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 10% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent
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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4
Haywood Academy
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Ormiston Horizon Academy
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Ormiston Meridian Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,015 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.