Blythe Bridge High School

Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW

Local ranking23rd of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire

Ofsted: Expected

Secondary

Phase

1072

Capacity

11-18

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Blythe Bridge High School (URN 124396) since 1 March 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 under Ofsted's renewed framework

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Safeguarding standards Met

Achievement: Expected standard
Curriculum & teaching: Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour: Strong standard
Personal development & wellbeing: Expected standard
Leadership & governance: Expected standard
Inclusion: Expected standard
Post-16 provision: Expected standard

Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement

Year:

GCSE Results

2024-25

Average Attainment 8: 46.6 nat46.0
Grade 5+ Eng & Maths: 41.2% nat45.4%
Grade 4+ Eng & Maths: 64.2% nat64.8%
Entering EBacc: 90.3% nat40.5%
EBacc APS: 4.5 nat4.1
Cohort Size: 165

Destinations

After GCSE 2024-25

Sustained education/employment: 91.0%
Continued in education: 80.0%
Apprenticeships: 7.0%
Employment: 4.0%
Not sustained: 9.0%

After A-Levels 2024-25

Sustained education/employment: 92.0%
Higher education: 53.0%
Apprenticeships: 10.0%
Employment: 27.0%
Not sustained: 4.0%

A-Level Results

2024-25

C-

Avg A-Level Grade

28.1

Avg Points/Entry

nat 35.0

29.3

Best 3 A-Levels

nat 35.8

A-Level Students

AAB+ with Facilitating: 0.0% nat17.5%
Applied General Avg Points: 34.8
16-18 Cohort: 141

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 1035
Boys: 504 (49%)
Girls: 531 (51%)
Capacity: 1072 (97% full)
SEND: 13.0%
FSM Eligible: 15.2%
EAL: 1.7%
SEN with EHC Plan: 2.3%
SEN Support: 10.7%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 16.4:1
Teachers (FTE): 63.1
Budget per Pupil: £7,082/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 6.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 17.6% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Has a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Non-selective

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 93.1%
Other: 1.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
Asian Pakistani: 1.0%
Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
Mixed Other: 0.8%
White Other: 0.7%

93.1%

White British

1.2%

Other

1.0%

Mixed White & Black Caribbean

Historical Trends

GCSE Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01782392519

headteacher@bb-hs.co.uk

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Cheadle Road

Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands

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Administrative

URN: 149376
UKPRN: 10091120
Establishment No.: 4067
Trust: JOHN TAYLOR MAT

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