Blythe Bridge High School
Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Blythe Bridge High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Johnson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stone
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,072
- Pupils on roll
- 1,031
- URN
- 124396
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Blythe Bridge High School was a foundation secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,031 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Blythe Bridge High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 167 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 -0.28 to +0.15 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 91% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 |
How Blythe Bridge High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8% | 14.8% | 1,031 | — |
| Blythe Bridge High School | 46.6 | 6.6% | 15.2% | 1,049 | 0.0 miles |
| Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams | — | 4.5% | 42.5% | 295 | 2.0 miles |
| Ormiston Meridian Academy | 40.2 | 8.8% | 47.6% | 1,015 | 2.4 miles |
| The Cheadle Academy | 40 | 7.7% | 28.1% | 380 | 3.0 miles |
| Painsley Catholic College | 58.8 | 5% | 13.5% | 1,340 | 3.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.8%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistent absence
- 23.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Blythe Bridge High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams2.0 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Ormiston Meridian Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Cheadle Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Painsley Catholic College3.1 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Alsager School Secondary
- Biddulph High School Secondary
- Birches Head Academy Secondary
- Blythe Bridge High School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams Secondary
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Secondary
- Discovery Academy Secondary
- Endon High School Secondary
- Haywood Academy Secondary
- Kidsgrove Secondary School Secondary
- Moorside High School Secondary
- Ormiston Meridian Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Blythe Bridge High School teach?
- Blythe Bridge High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Has Blythe Bridge High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Blythe Bridge High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Blythe Bridge High School?
- Blythe Bridge High School had 1,031 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Blythe Bridge High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blythe Bridge High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.