Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Worcestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 12 September 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry381 applications · 174 places offered · 216 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2022 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.5
- 2021 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2016 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 174 | 381 | 2.2 | 216 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 311 | 1.8 | 186 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 331 | 1.9 | 186 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 326 | 1.8 | 187 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 356 | 2.1 | 204 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 166 | 336 | 2.0 | 196 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 164 | 317 | 1.9 | 176 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 163 | 292 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 176 | 312 | 1.8 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 158 | 279 | 1.8 | 155 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 145 | 291 | 2.0 | 138 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 150 | 269 | 1.8 | 143 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 316 | 1.8 | 180 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 174 | 43.7 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 157 | 42.6 | 41% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 162 | 46.9 | 52% | 72% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 177 | 42.5 | 41% | 55% | −0.31 |
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
- The Bewdley SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · WorcestershireGood20221.2applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WorcestershireGood20223.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WorcestershireGood20231.4applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · Worcestershire20262.3applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · Staffordshire20262.9applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · WorcestershireStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · WorcestershireGood20222.1applications per place 57.6Attainment 8
- 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
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135035 · 885/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 958 pupils · 970 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Address
- Stourport Road, Bewdley, DY12 1BL
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Wyre Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources