- What did Ofsted judge Sir Graham Balfour High School's ungraded inspection to be?
- Ofsted judged Sir Graham Balfour High School's ungraded inspection as Standards maintained at its inspection in October 2024 (no grade issued), on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Sir Graham Balfour High School?
- Sir Graham Balfour High School has 1,003 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Sir Graham Balfour High School take?
- Sir Graham Balfour High School admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
- Where is Sir Graham Balfour High School located?
- Sir Graham Balfour High School is located in Stafford, ST16 1NR, Staffordshire.
- How do I apply to Sir Graham Balfour High School?
- Sir Graham Balfour High School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
- How are Year 7 places decided at Sir Graham Balfour High School?
- When Sir Graham Balfour High School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in care / previously in care — Children in care and children who ceased to be in care because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order), including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. see additional note * below; 2. Medical or exceptional circumstances with hardship — Children who satisfy both of the following tests: Test 1: the child is distinguished from the great majority of applicants either on their own medical grounds or by other exceptional circumstances. Medical grounds must be supported by a medical report (obtained by the applicant and provided at the point of application). This report must clearly justify, for health reasons only, why it is better for the child’s health to attend the preferred school rather than any other school. Exceptional circumstances must relate to the choice of school and the individual child, i.e. the circumstances of the child, not the economic or social circumstances of the parent/carer. It should be supported by a professional report (obtained by the applicant and provided at the point of application), e.g. social worker. This report must clearly justify why it is better for the child to attend the preferred school rather than any other school. and Test 2: the child would suffer hardship if they were unable to attend the preferred school. Hardship means severe suffering of any kind, not merely difficulty or inconvenience, which is likely to be experienced as a result of the child attending a different school. Applicants must provide detailed information about both the type and severity of any likely hardship at the time of application; 3. Sibling attending the school — Children who have an elder sibling in attendance at the preferred school and who will still be attending the school at the proposed admission date; (For admission purposes, a brother or sister is a child who lives at the same address and either: have one or both natural parents in common; are related by a parents marriage; are adopted or fostered by a common parent or are unrelated children who live at the same address, whose parents live as partners.), and 2 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If the local authority cannot distinguish between applicants using the criteria listed, such as in the case of children who live in the same block of flats, then the child or children who will be offered the available spaces will be randomly selected. This process will be independently verified.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Sir Graham Balfour High School?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 82.5% of pupils at Sir Graham Balfour High School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.