Bluebell School Ltd
Bluebell School Ltd is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 138 pupils and room for 167.
Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent, ST7 1EH01782 987012bluebellschool.co.ukMrs Kay Banks headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
11 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 10 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 7.7 | 4.6 | – | 3.7 | 44.0 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 9% | 0% | – | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 9% | 0% | – | 0% | 61% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.65 | 0.39 | – | 0.35 | 3.77 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 32% | 41% |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Staffordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 138 | 134 | 116 | 111 | 103 | 95 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Bank Primary School | Academy | 600 m | 225 | Good 2023 | 24 | Compare |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy | Academy | 630 m | 190 | Not inspected | 65 | Compare |
| The King's CofE Academy | Academy | 720 m | 732 | Good 2024 | 18 | Compare |
| Kidsgrove Secondary School | Academy | 860 m | 394 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
| Kidsgrove Primary School | Academy | 860 m | 156 | Good 2022 | 18 | Compare |
| The Reginald Mitchell Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 211 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 189 | Good 2019 | 29 | Compare |
| St Saviour's CofE Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 162 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bluebell School Ltd a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bluebell School Ltd yet.
How good are Bluebell School Ltd's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 9% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 7.7, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Bluebell School Ltd have?
138 pupils aged 3 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 167 places, so it is 83% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent, ST7 1EH
- Telephone
- 01782 987012
- Website
- www.bluebellschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kay Banks
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 19 June 2017 (new provision)
- URN
- 143932 · LAESTAB 8606045 · UKPRN 10071884
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.