Hagley Park Academy is smaller than the average-sized secondary school. About one-fifth of students have a special educational need or disability. This is similar to the national level. Almost all students are from White British backgrounds. The proportion of students known to be eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional funding provided by the government to support students, for example those known to be eligible for free school meals and children in local authority care) is about one third, which is higher than average. A very small number of students are educated off site at Chasetown Shortstay School or Peak Pursuits. The achievement of this group is not reported in detail in the report owing to the low numbers involved. Following a number of interim appointments to the post of principal, the current principal took up a permanent post in January this year. The school is part of The Creative Education Trust. A partner school, Fair Oaks Academy, is located close to Hagley Park Academy and shares some teachers. The sixth forms of both Fair Oak Academy and Rugeley Park Academy form Rugeley Sixth Form Academy which is managed and organised as a single sixth form on the campus of Hagley Park Academy. The principal oversees all three academies and there is a single governing body. The Rugeley Academies are sponsored by the Creative Education Trust. The school meets the government’s current floor standard, which sets the minimum expectations for attainment and progress in English and mathematics.