Under the plans, there will be changes to school performance tables, Ofsted inspections and governance, and a "pupil premium" system will channel more money to the most deprived children.
Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers said there had been no time to see how pupil premium funding was working, so it was too early to start planning for further changes.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council said the changes were because of the city's education was not up to standard, and because of declining pupil numbers and the poor condition of old school buildings.