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Best secondary schools in Worcestershire

29 of 49 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Worcestershire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Nunnery Wood High School Worcester 0.46 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Ridgeway Secondary School Redditch 0.43 Not judged about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Haybridge High School and Sixth Form Stourbridge hidden gem 0.39 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Prince Henry's High School Evesham 0.39 Outstanding — approximate
5 St Augustine's Catholic High School Redditch 0.35 Outstanding — approximate
6 Hagley Catholic High School Hagley hidden gem 0.3 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Worcester 0.23 Good oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Hanley Castle High School Worcester 0.23 Good oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Chantry School Worcester 0.17 Good oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 The De Montfort School Evesham 0.15 Good oversubscribed 6.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 approximate
11 The Chase Malvern hidden gem 0.08 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Pershore High School Pershore 0.07 Requires improvement declining about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Dyson Perrins CofE Academy Malvern hidden gem 0.05 Good improving undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 The Bewdley School Bewdley -0.07 Not judged oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 South Bromsgrove High Bromsgrove -0.15 Good — approximate
16 Bishop Perowne CofE College Worcester -0.17 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Christopher Whitehead Language College Worcester hidden gem -0.18 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Waseley Hills High School Birmingham -0.18 Not judged undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre Droitwich Spa -0.28 Good improving — approximate
20 Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre Redditch -0.3 Good — approximate
21 King Charles I School Kidderminster hidden gem -0.33 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Tenbury High Ormiston Academy Tenbury Wells hidden gem -0.36 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Arrow Vale High School Redditch -0.38 Outstanding — approximate
24 Tudor Grange Academy Worcester Worcester -0.41 Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Wolverley CofE Secondary School Kidderminster -0.41 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Woodrush High School Wythall -0.41 Good declining about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College Stourport-on-Severn hidden gem -0.7 Good declining undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Baxter College Kidderminster -0.87 Not judged undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Tudor Grange Academy Redditch Redditch -0.91 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2021/22 approximate

Also in Worcestershire

20 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Worcestershire, not a fairer one.

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