Blythe Bridge High School
Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Johnson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- John Taylor MAT
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,072
- Pupils on roll
- 1,049
- URN
- 149376
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782392519
About this school
Blythe Bridge High School is a secondary academy in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,049 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Blythe Bridge High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 187 | 165 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.9 | 46.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.08 -0.28 to +0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49.7% | 41.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.2% | 64.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 92% | 90.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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 Blythe Bridge 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.9 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.6 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,034 |
| 2024/25 | 1,035 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Blythe Bridge High School compares
Blythe Bridge High School ranked 17th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.6 | 6.6% | 15.2% | 1,049 | — |
| 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 |
| Discovery Academy | 37.4 | 9.3% | 50.7% | 1,435 | 3.5 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 25 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.18%
- English as an additional language
- 1.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.59%
- Persistent absence
- 17.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
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
-
Discovery Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Blythe Bridge High School ranks 7th of the 23 ranked secondary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Alsager School Secondary
- Biddulph High School Secondary
- Birches Head Academy 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
- Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Blythe Bridge High School teach?
- Blythe Bridge High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Blythe Bridge High School?
- The headteacher of Blythe Bridge High School is Mrs Rachael Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Blythe Bridge High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Blythe Bridge 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 many pupils are at Blythe Bridge High School?
- Blythe Bridge High School has 1,049 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Blythe Bridge High School full?
- Blythe Bridge High School has capacity for 1,072 pupils and 1,049 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Blythe Bridge High School a faith school?
- No. Blythe Bridge High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Blythe Bridge High School a selective school?
- No. Blythe Bridge High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Blythe Bridge High School part of an academy trust?
- Blythe Bridge High School is part of JOHN TAYLOR MAT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Blythe Bridge High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.9 in 2023/24 and 46.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Blythe Bridge High School compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Blythe Bridge High School ranked 17th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Blythe Bridge High School's absence rate?
- Blythe Bridge High School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 15 July 2026.