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Voluntary aided school · Worcestershire

Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,036Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 116999URN

Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2XD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.7 above Worcestershire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Worcestershire

486 applications for 200 places · 1st of 21 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.9of 90
4th of 31 in Worcestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 23 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Worcestershire median (1.7) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

486 applications · 200 places offered · 256 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.3; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262004862.42561.28
Sep 20252054182.02041.00
Sep 20242064142.02051.00
Sep 20232084382.12030.98
Sep 20222124282.02080.98
Sep 20212054232.12020.99
Sep 20202054162.01840.90
Sep 20192104932.42491.19
Sep 20182054602.22321.13
Sep 20172044592.32361.16
Sep 20162114392.12301.09
Sep 20152064712.32131.03
Sep 20142074452.22191.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.94th of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%2nd of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.23
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20250.957%80%–
2024/2520353.159%77%–
2023/2421451.657%78%+0.23
2022/2320752.361%76%+0.33

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
116999 · 885/5402
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,036 on roll
Free school meals
19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2XD
Local authority
Worcestershire · Worcester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources