Blythe Bridge High School
Cheadle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
1,049 pupils · 98% of 1,072 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.1%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| 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 | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 6 May 2026, published 15 June 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 41.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 64.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 90.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 176 | 172 | 279 | 175 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 185 | 179 | 284 | 185 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 194 | 191 | 321 | 194 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 181 | 183 | 300 | 181 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams 3.3 km · No Ofsted rating
- Ormiston Meridian Academy 3.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Cheadle Academy 4.8 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Painsley Catholic College 5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Discovery Academy 5.7 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy 6.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.