Graded inspection · Sep 2022 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 |
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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 entry422 applications · 205 places offered · 185 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2025 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2019 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 205 | 422 | 2.1 | 185 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 207 | 464 | 2.2 | 236 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 341 | 1.7 | 171 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 209 | 350 | 1.7 | 195 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 206 | 347 | 1.7 | 187 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 188 | 337 | 1.8 | 191 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 189 | 353 | 1.9 | 210 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 189 | 376 | 2.0 | 223 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 | 189 | 332 | 1.8 | 197 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 | 189 | 356 | 1.9 | 203 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 187 | 323 | 1.7 | 199 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 164 | 309 | 1.9 | 183 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 160 | 326 | 2.0 | 190 | 1.19 |
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.) | 185 | 57.6 | 69% | 87% | – |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 59.3 | 71% | 89% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 54.4 | 69% | 85% | +0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 184 | 53.9 | 65% | 83% | +0.37 |
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
- Haybridge High School and Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place 57.6Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · WorcestershireStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Dudley20262.4applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · DudleyRemains Good20232.3applications per place 35.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · DudleyGood20242.4applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · DudleyGood20232.5applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · DudleyRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · DudleyRemains Good · concerns noted20241.8applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · Staffordshire20262.9applications per place 50.6Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136898 · 885/4010
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,366 pupils · 1,226 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form (URN 116933)
- Address
- Brake Lane, Hagley, Stourbridge, DY8 2XS
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Bromsgrove
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources