Stafford Manor High School

Term dates

Foundation schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Staffordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Staffordshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 61 families put this school as their first choice, and 64 places were offered. 61 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 20 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Requires significant improvement

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Urgent improvement

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 24 May 2023. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Foundation school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

439 (capacity 691)

Gender

Mixed

Phone

01785258383

Address

Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 9DJ

Website

staffordmanorhighschool.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports