Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 |
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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 entry277 applications · 169 places offered · 199 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 169 | 277 | 1.6 | 199 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 168 | 278 | 1.7 | 193 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 305 | 1.8 | 230 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2023 | 171 | 281 | 1.6 | 207 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 175 | 260 | 1.5 | 193 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 258 | 1.4 | 180 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 294 | 1.6 | 215 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 232 | 1.5 | 155 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 177 | 252 | 1.4 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 138 | 201 | 1.5 | 131 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 144 | 249 | 1.7 | 172 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 | 141 | 251 | 1.8 | 163 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2014 | 144 | 236 | 1.6 | 159 | 1.10 |
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.) | 167 | 47.5 | 51% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 49.4 | 44% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 162 | 49.5 | 53% | 74% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 177 | 50.8 | 50% | 73% | +0.40 |
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 Chantry SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · WorcestershireRemains Good20231.4applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 10.3 km · WorcestershireGood20242.1applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · Worcestershire20262.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · WorcestershireGood20231.5applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · Herefordshire, County ofRemains Good20231.4applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · WorcestershireGood20221.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · WorcestershireGood202441.2Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136897 · 885/4435
- Trust
- Heart of Mercia
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 875 pupils · 881 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Martley, the Chantry High School (URN 116980)
- Address
- Martley, Worcester, WR6 6QA
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Malvern Hills
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources