Blaise High School, Bristol

From the headteacher's welcome: "Blaise High School is a proud member of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a 'family' of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character."

On phones, the school says: "Mobile phones may not be used anywhere on site, either before the day, during the day, or after 3pm."

In 2026, pupils at Blaise High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46 in Bristol, City of; and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Bristol, City of; and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 45.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.3: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.4, against 52.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 112 families put Blaise High School as their first choice and 240 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Blaise High School are Bristol Free School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.3); St Bede's Catholic College (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.8); Oasis Academy Brightstowe (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.7); and Orchard School Bristol (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5).

Blaise High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Blaise High School is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48 in 2024/25.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 76% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

44.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (52%), Asian (14%) and Black (13%).

In 2026, 155 pupils (17%) received SEN support and 78 (8.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Blaise High School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs, autism, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 40 places, 38 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Sea Mills Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Avonmouth Way (n-bound), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 169 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bristol, City of (417).

In 2024/25, Blaise High School issued 570 suspensions, 62.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Blaise High School are Henbury Court Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Blaise Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles), Oasis Academy Bank Leaze (0.8 miles) and Brentry Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.