Blaise High School
Station Road, Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7QH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Nat Nabarro
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bristol North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 990
- Pupils on roll
- 914
- URN
- 147219
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01179030100
About this school
Blaise High School is a secondary academy in Bristol. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 914 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 157 | 179 | 156 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.1 | 40.4 | 45.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 -0.45 to +0.02 | -0.30 -0.53 to -0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 40.2% | 51.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 53.6% | 66% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 16.8% | 25.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
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 Blaise High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bristol, City of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.1 | 36.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.4 | 34.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 904 |
| 2023/24 | 899 |
| 2024/25 | 909 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Blaise High School compares
Blaise High School ranked 13th of 22 secondary schools in Bristol, City of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 10.2% | 44.3% | 914 | — |
| Bristol Free School | 56.3 | 6.5% | 14.5% | 1,304 | 0.9 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic College | 57.1 | 6.4% | 12.8% | 1,324 | 1.1 miles |
| Oasis Academy Brightstowe | 38.2 | 14.5% | 51.3% | 741 | 2.2 miles |
| Orchard School Bristol | 44.7 | 10.4% | 44.7% | 942 | 2.3 miles |
| Redland Green School | 59 | 6.6% | 8.6% | 1,652 | 2.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.27%
- English as an additional language
- 27.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.22%
- Persistent absence
- 29.85%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bristol Free School0.9 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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St Bede's Catholic College1.1 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Oasis Academy Brightstowe2.2 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Orchard School Bristol2.3 miles
Secondary · Bristol
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Redland Green School2.8 miles
Secondary · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
Blaise High School ranks 25th of the 44 ranked secondary schools in Bristol.
- Abbeywood Community School Secondary
- Ashton Park School Secondary
- Backwell School Secondary
- Bedminster Down School Secondary
- Brimsham Green School Secondary
- Bristol Brunel Academy Secondary
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School Secondary
- Bristol Free School Secondary
- Bristol Metropolitan Academy Secondary
- Chew Valley School Secondary
- Chipping Sodbury School Secondary
- Cotham School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Blaise High School teach?
- Blaise High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Bristol.
- Who is the headteacher of Blaise High School?
- The headteacher of Blaise High School is Mr Nat Nabarro, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Blaise High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Blaise High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Blaise High School?
- Blaise High School has 914 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Blaise High School full?
- Blaise High School has capacity for 990 pupils and 914 on roll (92%), 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 Blaise High School a faith school?
- No. Blaise High School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Blaise High School?
- Blaise High School is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Blaise High School have?
- The schools register lists Blaise High School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Blaise High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.1 in 2022/23 and 45 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Blaise High School rank locally?
- Blaise High School ranked 13th of 22 secondary schools in Bristol, City of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Blaise High School's absence rate?
- Blaise High School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Blaise High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blaise 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 10 July 2026.