Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Academy sponsor led
Blaise High School
- Pupils on roll
- 914of 990 places
- Free school meals
- 44.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 156
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Henbury School (URN 138217, until 1 September 2019).
What the data says
Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 at Blaise High School in 2023, 22% stayed on in Blaise High School’s own sixth form (Bristol, City of average 40%), 46% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Blaise High School | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 157 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 22% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Blaise High School | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.0 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 44% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.5 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.8 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 30% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 144 | 92% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 143 | 92% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 142 | 91% | 65% | 22% | 9% | 70% |
| English Literature | 141 | 90% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 77% |
| Geography | 86 | 55% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 72 | 46% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 88% |
| History | 67 | 43% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 64% |
| Religious Studies | 28 | 18% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 17% | 13% | 30% | 30% | 85% |
| Spanish | 24 | 15% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 67% |
| French | 23 | 15% | 18% | 26% | 29% | 83% |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 49 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Bedminster Down School
Academy converter · 1,022 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Bridge Learning Campus
Academy sponsor led · 1,202 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.6
Bristol Brunel Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,192 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
Bristol Free School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,304 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.