Biddulph High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire·ST8 7AR
Composite score
54.1
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#2,017
National rank
#217
In West Midlands
#31
In Staffordshire
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.60

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
770
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,629
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
204 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Biddulph High School is a secondary school serving Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 770 pupils aged 13 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Biddulph High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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