Sir Graham Balfour High School
Secondary schoolSir Graham Balfour High School is a secondary school in Stafford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,003 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Sir Graham Balfour High School was 44.7, against 43.5 in Stafford and 46.2 in England.
40% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Stafford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.7 | 43.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 37.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63.9% | 60.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 155 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Parkside Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)110 m
- Tillington Manor Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- GreenhallSpecial. Standards maintained, April 2025820 m
- Marshlands SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, February 2025830 m
- Beaconfields Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file990 m
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stafford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).