The Bridge Academy
The Bridge Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Lichfield for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 51 pupils. About 72 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Wissage Road, Bridge Short Stay School, Lichfield, WS13 6SW01543 255872thebridgeacademy.atlp.org.ukMr Elliot Payne headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (31), Moderate learning difficulty (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 51 | 54 | 42 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 73% | 67% | 62% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 82% | 91% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 19% | 10% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Chad's CofE Primary School | Academy | 270 m | 195 | Not inspected | 45 | Compare |
| Nether Stowe School | Academy | 380 m | 692 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
| St Michael's CofE (C) Primary School | Academy | 640 m | 398 | Not inspected | 94 | Compare |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | Academy | 650 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Lichfield Cathedral School | Independent | 650 m | 546 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Scotch Orchard Primary School | Academy | 700 m | 194 | Report card 2026 | 12 | Compare |
| Beacon Independent School | Independent | 750 m | 4 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 750 m | 205 | Report card 2026 | 93 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Bridge Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Bridge Academy yet.
How many pupils does The Bridge Academy have?
51 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does The Bridge Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Wissage Road, Bridge Short Stay School, Lichfield, WS13 6SW
- Telephone
- 01543 255872
- Website
- thebridgeacademy.atlp.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Elliot Payne
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (24 schools)
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward
- Stowe
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 August 2023 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149651 · LAESTAB 8601105 · UKPRN 10092160
- Formerly
- Bridge Short Stay School
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.