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Discovery Academy

Secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. Requires improvement (Apr 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 16 April 2024, report published 13 May 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around October 2026

The last inspection was in April 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby secondary schools

  1. 1.7 milesCo-op Academy Florence MacWilliams

    Secondary, Stoke-on-Trent

    Not inspected yet

  2. 1.8 milesSt Thomas More Catholic Academy

    Secondary, Stoke-on-Trent

    School remains Good (Oct 2022)

  3. 2.2 milesSt Peter's CofE Academy

    Secondary, Stoke-on-Trent

    No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)

  4. 2.4 milesMoorside High School

    Secondary, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

    Good (Feb 2024)

  5. 2.4 milesOrmiston Meridian Academy

    Secondary, Stoke-on-Trent

    Report card, Jun 2026: 1 strong, 5 expected

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.