Bluebell School Ltd
Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, ST7 1EH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kay Banks
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 167
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 143932
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782987012
About this school
Bluebell School Ltd is an independent special school in Staffordshire. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Bluebell School Ltd under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Bluebell School Ltd has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 4.6 | 7.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 9.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 9.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.4 | 0.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bluebell School Ltd has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 4.6 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 7.7 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 116 |
| 2024/25 | 134 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 137
Location
Nearby schools
-
Church Lawton School1.6 miles
Free Schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
TILT Education1.7 miles
Special schools · Alsager
-
Wonder Star School2.2 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Watermill School2.3 miles
Academies · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Oaks2.6 miles
Special schools · Stoke-on-Trent
Common questions
- What year groups does Bluebell School Ltd teach?
- Bluebell School Ltd teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Staffordshire.
- Who is the headteacher of Bluebell School Ltd?
- The headteacher of Bluebell School Ltd is Mrs Kay Banks, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bluebell School Ltd been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bluebell School Ltd 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 big is Bluebell School Ltd?
- Bluebell School Ltd has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Bluebell School Ltd full?
- Bluebell School Ltd has capacity for 167 pupils and 138 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bluebell School Ltd a faith school?
- No. Bluebell School Ltd has no designated religious character.
- How have Bluebell School Ltd's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 4.6 in 2023/24 and 7.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bluebell School Ltd's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bluebell School Ltd'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 24 July 2026.