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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

1330 pupils mixed gender
1500 pupils capacity: 89% full

665 boys 50%

665 girls 50%

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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
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
23. January 2019
Region › Const. › Ward
West Midlands › Stoke-on-Trent Central › Bentilee and Ubberley
Free school meals %
40.20
Trust
ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10033345

School governors

  • Mrs Pat Jackson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (14. October 2015—30. September 2023)
  • Mr Alan Fox, Local Governor
    (30. September 2015—22. August 2022)
  • Ms Joanne Gething, Local Governor
    (19. October 2018—19. October 2022)
  • Mr Rob Kelsall, Local Governor
    (1. September 2019—12. March 2023)
  • Mr Tom Wheatley, Local Governor
    (18. October 2019—18. October 2023)
  • Mr Ben Gibson, Local Governor
    (6. January 2020—6. January 2024)
  • Mr Kieran Bevan, Local Governor
    (6. January 2020—23. December 2022)
  • Mr Darren Bishop, Local Governor
    (7. February 2020—31. August 2022)
  • Mrs Louise Adams, Local Governor
    (4. January 2021—4. January 2025)
  • Mrs Cathryn Owen, Local Governor
    (18. June 2021—17. June 2025)
  • Mr Jonathon May, Local Governor
    (18. June 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Ms Gemma Finn, Local Governor
    (3. May 2022—31. October 2022)
  • Mrs Lynne Hardcastle, Local Governor
    (1. November 2022—16. April 2023)
  • Mr Matthew Bridger, Local Governor
    (1. November 2022—31. October 2026)
  • Ms Judith Wilkes, Local Governor
    (1. November 2022—31. October 2026)
  • Ms Melissa Meredith, Local Governor
    (1. November 2022—1. March 2023)
  • 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—16. April 2027)
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Schools nearby

  1. Discovery Academy, ST20GA (1330 pupils)
  2. 0.2 miles Bentilee Primary School, ST20QD
  3. 0.3 miles Maple Court Primary School, ST20QD
  4. 0.3 miles Maple Court Academy, ST20QD (444 pupils)
  5. 0.7 miles Bentilee Nursery School, ST20HW (77 pupils)
  6. 0.8 miles Adderley Green Infants' School, ST42DZ
  7. 0.8 miles Sandford Hill Primary School, ST35AQ (467 pupils)
  8. 1 mile Gladstone Primary, ST35EW (481 pupils)
  9. 1 mile Gladstone Primary Academy, ST35EW (470 pupils)
  10. 1.1 miles St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, ST20LY
  11. 1.1 miles St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy, ST20LY (241 pupils)
  12. 1.2 miles Clarice Cliff Primary School, ST43DP (437 pupils)
  13. 1.2 miles Park Hall Primary School, ST35QU
  14. 1.2 miles Mitchell High School Business & Enterprise College, ST29EY
  15. 1.2 miles Disaffected Pupils Project, ST29EY
  16. 1.2 miles Park Hall Academy, ST35QU (476 pupils)
  17. 1.2 miles Co-Op Academy Clarice Cliff, ST43DP (391 pupils)
  18. 1.3 miles Weston Heights Infant School, ST36PT (267 pupils)
  19. 1.3 miles Berry Hill High School and Sports College, ST35PR
  20. 1.3 miles Weston Infant Academy, ST36PT (167 pupils)
  21. 1.4 miles Queen's Primary School, ST43HA
  22. 1.4 miles Eaton Park Primary School, ST29PF
  23. 1.4 miles Eaton Park Academy, ST29PF (474 pupils)
  24. 1.5 miles Werrington Primary School, ST90JU (415 pupils)
  25. 1.5 miles Werrington Primary School, ST90JU (414 pupils)

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