Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Worcestershire·WR5 2XD
Composite score
66.4
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#600
National rank
#46
In West Midlands
#2
In Worcestershire
Top 19%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
53.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
59%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
77%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
4.40

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
256 first choices, 200 places
First choices per place
1.28
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
486
any preference, for 200 places
Last place offered lived
1.20 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1931 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9820230.9920240.9920251.282026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,050
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
25.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,484
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
207 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College

Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College is a secondary school in Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,050 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 53.1 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.5 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 19% of secondary schools in England.

59% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 77% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 256 first choices for 200 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.20 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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