Blaise High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
147219
Address
Station Road, Henbury, BS10 7QH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
899 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
25.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.7%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59%
Other White 9.2%
African 5.9%
Indian 5.7%
Mixed 5.5%
Unclassified 4%
Other Asian 2.6%
Other Black 1.8%
Other 1.7%
Caribbean 1.6%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Pakistani 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.1
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.57
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
MultimediaTechnical Award31
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award31
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Blaise High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
96
91
Year 8
179
86
93
Year 9
179
96
83
Year 10
167
87
80
Year 11
179
91
88
Year 12
5
2
3
Year 13
3
1
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
57.0%
30.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
16.0%
42.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
11.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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