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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 2 March 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 29 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry301 applications · 214 places offered · 188 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2025 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2016 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; 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 | 214 | 301 | 1.4 | 188 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 217 | 283 | 1.3 | 195 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 219 | 320 | 1.5 | 219 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 185 | 230 | 1.2 | 149 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 189 | 237 | 1.3 | 140 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 | 213 | 288 | 1.4 | 197 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 260 | 1.5 | 165 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 181 | 282 | 1.6 | 161 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 189 | 295 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 172 | 293 | 1.7 | 168 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 190 | 309 | 1.6 | 179 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 166 | 256 | 1.5 | 156 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 194 | 302 | 1.6 | 187 | 0.96 |
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.) | 214 | 42.1 | 36% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 183 | 44.0 | 36% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 185 | 43.3 | 37% | 57% | −0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 187 | 47.6 | 46% | 65% | +0.06 |
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
- King Charles I SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · WorcestershireGood20223.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Worcestershire20262.3applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WorcestershireGood20221.2applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · WorcestershireStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · WorcestershireGood20222.1applications per place 57.6Attainment 8
- 7.8 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
- 138032 · 885/4501
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,304 pupils · 1,140 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- King Charles I Secondary School (URN 135060)
- Address
- Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1XA
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Wyre Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources