Christopher Whitehead Language College

Academy converter·Secondary school Worcestershire·WR2 4AF
Composite score
54.8
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#1,940
National rank
#201
In West Midlands
#17
In Worcestershire
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
42%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.11

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
236 first choices, 274 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
372
any preference, for 274 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Christopher Whitehead Language College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,596
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
10.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
29.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,603
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
90%
247 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Christopher Whitehead Language College at a glance

Located in Worcestershire, Christopher Whitehead Language College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,596 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.8, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on 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.

42% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Christopher Whitehead Language College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 236 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.8%. There are about 15.0 pupils per teacher. Christopher Whitehead Language 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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