Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Open, but proposed to close
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School Profile
- Phase
- Secondary
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1065
- Pupils
- 1145 (Boys: 24, Girls: 1121)
- Free School Meals
- 25.8%
- Capacity utilisation
- 108% (1,145 / 1,065)
- Establishment type
- Voluntary aided school
- Type group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Trust
- n/a
- Federation
- n/a
- SEN provision
- None reported
- Resourced provision
- None
- Opened
- n/a
- Status
- Open, but proposed to close
- Closed
- Sep 2025
Key identifiers
- URN
- 104705
- LAESTAB
- 3414781
- UKPRN
- 10000340
- Establishment No.
- 4781
- Ofsted phase
- Secondary
Ofsted
Outstanding (Grade 1)
published 18 Mar 2020
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
Early years
9
Sixth form
Good
At a glance
- Total pupils
- 1,126
- Age range
- 11–18
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Faith
- Christian
What do Ofsted grades mean?
- Outstanding (1) – Highest judgement.
- Good (2) – Strong overall effectiveness.
- Requires improvement (3) – Not yet good.
- Inadequate (4) – Significant weaknesses.
Ungraded visits (Section 8) check whether the previous grade still stands (e.g. “School remains Good”)
but don’t replace the last graded judgement.
Inspection history
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Outstanding18 Mar 2020Type: S5 InspectionQuality: OutstandingBehaviour: OutstandingPersonal dev: OutstandingLeadership: OutstandingEarly years: 9Sixth form: Good
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective
(18 Mar 2020)