Free schools · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST3 6AP · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 11–18
- FSM43.1%
2.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 149376
Blythe Bridge High School
Academy converter · Stoke-on-Trent · ST11 9PW
Ages 11–18 · 1,049 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Expected standard
Attainment 8
47.9
Overall absence
7.2%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-05-06
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.08
−20+2
Attainment 847.9
English & maths grade 5+50%
English & maths grade 4+72%
EBacc entry92%
EBacc APS: 4.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.9%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 913
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
191
Places offered
194
1st-preference offers
191
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 321
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 194
- Applications from outside LA
- 184
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 86
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
1,049 pupils · 1,072 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,049
- Boys / girls
- 515 / 534
- School capacity
- 1,072
- Capacity fill
- 1,049 / 1,072 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 16.1%
- FSM pupils
- 148
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Academy trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Sponsor
- John Taylor MAT
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Johnson
Location
- Address
- Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge
- Postcode
- ST11 9PW
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1,049 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 16.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ormiston Meridian Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST3 7DF · Stoke-on-Trent
Ages 11–16
- Att842.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+38%
- Absence9.4%
2.4 miles away
The Cheadle Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Stoke-on-Trent · ST10 1LH · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att837.0
- P8-0.7
- EM5+25%
- Absence8.4%
3.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Johnson
- Telephone
- 01782392519