Blythe Bridge High School, Stoke-on-Trent

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2021.

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Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2021. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

Blythe Bridge High School

Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent ST11 9PW

https://www.bb-hs.co.uk/

Blythe Bridge High School is a non-selective secondary school maintained by the local authority (Staffordshire). It has about 1,010 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In May 2022 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Environment, Disadvantaged pupils, Finances and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Representation, Sixth form and Progress.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
2.0		Ormiston Meridian Academy
3.0		The Cheadle Academy
3.0		Painsley Catholic College
3.5		Discovery Academy
3.9		St Thomas More Catholic Academy
4.1		Moorside High School
4.3		Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
5.2		Alleyne's Academy
5.2		St Peter's CofE Academy
5.5		Trentham Academy
6.0		St Joseph's College
6.2		Birches Head Academy

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Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are excellent. Progress at 16-18 is poor. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are above average.

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Attainment: About average. Up to age 16 it is about average, while at ages 16-18 it is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both roughly average. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both roughly average.

Destinations: About average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very low.

Progress: Below average. Up to age 16 it is below average, while at ages 16-18 it is poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Sixth form: Poor. Attainment is below average, progress is poor and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are poor.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2022

Popular A-level subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2019

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