The Bewdley School

Foundation school·Secondary school Bewdley, Worcestershire·DY12 1BL
Composite score
53.2
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#2,133
National rank
#234
In West Midlands
#20
In Worcestershire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.78

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
216 first choices, 174 places
First choices per place
1.24
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
381
any preference, for 174 places
Last place offered lived
1.64 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2646 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1920221.0620231.0620241.0720251.242026

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 2026 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
964
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,689
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%
177 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About The Bewdley School

The Bewdley School is a secondary school in Bewdley, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 964 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Bewdley School 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 216 first choices for 174 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.64 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 8.2%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. The Bewdley School 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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