Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 25 May 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Blythe Bridge High School, URN 124396
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry279 applications · 176 places offered · 172 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2021 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Blythe Bridge High School (URN 124396), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 176 | 279 | 1.6 | 172 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 185 | 284 | 1.5 | 179 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 194 | 321 | 1.7 | 191 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 181 | 300 | 1.7 | 183 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 * | 187 | 304 | 1.6 | 211 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 * | 183 | 261 | 1.4 | 166 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 179 | 304 | 1.7 | 173 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 * | 208 | 311 | 1.5 | 207 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 189 | 328 | 1.7 | 186 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 189 | 284 | 1.5 | 170 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 177 | 314 | 1.8 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 178 | 276 | 1.6 | 153 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 177 | 308 | 1.7 | 181 | 1.02 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 171 | 42.9 | 37% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 165 | 46.6 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 187 | 47.9 | 50% | 72% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 * | 167 | 47.7 | 47% | 68% | −0.06 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Blythe Bridge High SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Stoke-on-TrentNot yet inspected2.1applications per place
- 3.8 km · Stoke-on-Trent20261.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · StaffordshireGood20221.5applications per place 56.3Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Stoke-on-TrentRequires improvement20241.4applications per place 33.5Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20222.2applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · StaffordshireGood20241.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Stoke-on-TrentRemains Good20231.8applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149376 · 860/4067
- Trust
- John Taylor MAT
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,072 pupils · 1,049 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2023
- Replaced
- Blythe Bridge High School (URN 124396)
- Address
- Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources