Biddulph High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Staffordshire

Conway Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AR

Website 01782523977

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

—

No council data

Attendance

91.3%

22.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

746

Capacity used

Has space

86%

867 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 13–18
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Darryn Robinson
Address: Conway Road, Knypersley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AR
Phone: 01782523977
Local authority: Staffordshire
Ward / constituency: Biddulph South · Staffordshire Moorlands
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 137356

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	23%	—	—
English as additional language	1%	—	—
SEN support	8%	—	—

51% boys (378)49% girls (368)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: POTTERIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST

746 pupils · 867 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

22
09 February 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 631 pupils

Attendance

91.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

8.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

22.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

4.6%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.6%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

14%

20/21

32%

21/22

26%

22/23

25%

23/24

23%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	40.4	—	—
Progress 8 score	-0.75	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	32%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	57%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.52	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	31.31	—	—

Average grade: C (England B-)

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	43.3	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	35.6%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	60%	65%
Entering EBacc	22.9%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.6	4.1
Pupils in cohort	205	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.89

Other pupils

-0.73

Low prior attainers

-0.59

Middle prior attainers

-0.81

High prior attainers

-0.68

Girls

-0.33

Boys

-1.21

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	31.28	35
Average grade	C	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	12%	17%
A-level students	39	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	205	10%	41%	65%
English Language	205	9%	34%	57%
English Literature	205	15%	53%	71%
Combined Science	168	4%	19%	47%
History	133	17%	41%	55%
Business	120	11%	38%	56%
Art and Design	99	14%	57%	79%
Geography	88	10%	31%	48%
Computer Science	49	14%	29%	41%
German	47	17%	36%	49%
Biology	37	35%	76%	100%
Physics	37	30%	54%	92%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Mathematics	13	15%	31%	46%
Geography	12	0%	0%	33%
History	10	0%	10%	60%
English Literature	10	0%	10%	30%
Biology	8	0%	13%	38%
Computer Science	7	14%	14%	57%
Business Studies	6	0%	0%	33%
Physics	5	0%	0%	0%
Chemistry	5	0%	0%	0%
Sociology	5	0%	0%	0%
Psychology	5	0%	0%	0%
Photography	4	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 12704: Biddulph High School

Cambridge admissions¹	2023
Applications	<3
Offers	<3
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	<3

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	50%	—	—
Apprenticeships	7%	—	—
Any education or training	52%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.