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Discovery Academy

Discovery Academy
Discovery Drive
Bentilee
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
England
ST20GA

📞 phone: 01782 882100

👩‍🏫 principal: Ms Jayne Schofield

🌍 web: www.thediscoveryacademy.co.uk

1446 pupils mixed gender
1500 pupils capacity: 96% full

735 boys 51%

711 girls 49%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
136681
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
4714
Open date
1. September 2011
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 392269, Northing: 345517
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.007, Longitude: -2.1167
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
16. April 2024
Region › Const. › Ward
West Midlands › Stoke-on-Trent Central › Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend
Free school meals %
44.70
Trust
ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10033345

School governors

  • Mrs Pat Jackson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (14. October 2015—31. August 2025)
  • Mr Ben Gibson, Local Governor
    (6. January 2020—6. January 2024)
  • Mrs Louise Adams, Local Governor
    (4. January 2021—31. December 2023)
  • Mrs Cathryn Owen, Local Governor
    (18. June 2021—17. June 2025)
  • Ms Judith Wilkes, Local Governor
    (1. November 2022—31. October 2026)
  • Ms Alison Allerton, Local Governor
    (3. January 2023—2. January 2027)
  • Ms Jayne Louise Schofield, Local Governor
    (13. March 2023—None)
  • Ms Elizabeth Hooley, Local Governor
    (17. April 2023—31. August 2024)
  • Mr Daniel Pearson, Local Governor
    (19. June 2023—15. April 2024)
  • Mr Andrew Long, Local Governor
    (19. June 2023—18. June 2027)
  • Mr Benjamin Humphreys, Local Governor
    (8. January 2024—7. January 2028)
  • Ms Sharon Gwilt-Bowen, Local Governor
    (8. January 2024—7. January 2028)
  • Ms Catherine Ream, Local Governor
    (8. April 2024—7. April 2028)
  • Ms Charlotte Bennett, Local Governor
    (3. June 2024—2. June 2028)
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