Discovery Academy
School Name: Discovery Academy Address: Discovery Drive, Bentilee Town/City: Stoke-On-Trent County: Staffordshire Postcode: ST2 0GA Country: 3455144691 Telephone Number: 01782 882100 Website: http://www.thediscoveryacademy.co.uk/
Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16) Type: Academy sponsor led Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2011 Trust: Alpha Academies Trust Sponsor: Alpha Academies Trust
Principal: Ms Jayne Schofield
Capacity: 1500
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 20 January 2022:
Number of pupils: 1330 (50% boys & 50% girls)
Enrollment: 89% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 40.2%
URN: 136681
DfE Number: 861/4714
UKPRN: 10033345
Region: West Midlands (E12000005)
District: Stoke-on-Trent (E06000021)
Constituency: Stoke-on-Trent Central (E14000972)
Electoral Ward: Bentilee and Ubberley (E05008716)
Easting & Northing: 392269E, 345517N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 0' 27.17" N 2° 6' 59.5" W
Plus Code: 9C5V2V5M+29
DfE Record: View record
- Maple Court Academy (0.5km)
- Bentilee Nursery School (1.1km)
- Sandford Hill Primary School (1.3km)
- Gladstone Primary Academy (1.7km)
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Academy (1.7km)
- Co-Op Academy Clarice Cliff (1.9km)
- Park Hall Academy (2.0km)
- Weston Infant Academy (2.1km)
- Eaton Park Academy (2.3km)
- Werrington Primary School (2.4km)
Same trust
Same sponsor Predecessor schools†
- Mrs Louise Adams - Local Governor. Appointed on 4 January 2021 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 4 January 2025.
- Ms Alison Allerton - Local Governor. Appointed on 3 January 2023 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 2 January 2027.
- Mr Ben Gibson - Local Governor. Appointed on 6 January 2020 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 6 January 2024.
- Ms Elizabeth Hooley - Local Governor. Appointed on 17 April 2023 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 16 April 2027.
- Mrs Pat Jackson - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 14 October 2015 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 30 September 2023.
- Mrs Cathryn Owen - Local Governor. Appointed on 18 June 2021 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 17 June 2025.
- Mr Tom Wheatley - Local Governor. Appointed on 18 October 2019 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 18 October 2023.
- Ms Judith Wilkes - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 November 2022 (Appointed by foundation/Trust). Term runs until 31 October 2026.