# Sir Graham Balfour High School

Sir 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.

Secondary school. Code E142983. [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,003
- Council: Stafford
- URN: 142983

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, October 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 9 October 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Parkside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-primary-school-e143355): 110 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2022. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tillington Manor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tillington-manor-primary-school-e149585): 820 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Greenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenhall-e149002): 820 m. Special. Standards maintained, April 2025
- [Marshlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marshlands-school-e124518): 830 m. Special. Standards maintained, February 2025
- [Beaconfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaconfields-primary-school-e150784): 990 m. Primary. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St Patrick's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-patricks-catholic-primary-school-e142216): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142983)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142983)

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