Blythe Bridge High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

4.576 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Blythe Bridge High School is a secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

Blythe Bridge High School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	4.576 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 4.576 miles, the 7th longest of 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 3.52 miles.
The Year 7 last distance was shorter in 2026 than in 2025 or 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
140 of the 279 Year 7 applications in 2026 (50%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 69 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 1,049 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy learning at this welcoming school.”
“They are generally taught well.”
“Most pupils, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, progress securely through the curriculum.”

To improve

“However, at times, teachers do not support pupils as effectively in developing their writing skills.”
“However, at times, teachers do not address pupils' barriers to learning as swiftly and effectively as they could.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	41%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	46.6	46
A level average grade (2024/25)	C-	B-

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 172 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 172 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

The Cheadle Academy 3.0 mi Standards maintained
Painsley Catholic College 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
Moorside High School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
Alleyne's Academy 5.2 mi Standards maintained
Clayton Hall Academy 6.7 mi Good
Endon High School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
The Orme Academy 7.9 mi Good Last distance published
St John Fisher Catholic College 8.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published