Pershore High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Pershore, Worcestershire·WR10 2BX
Composite score
54.5
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#1,978
National rank
#207
In West Midlands
#19
In Worcestershire
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.81

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
82 first choices, 87 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 87 places
Last place offered lived
1.86 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2989 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27
00.511.522.5
1 per place
2.0420221.4820231.4120241.2120250.942026

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
1,125
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,665
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
93%
232 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Pershore High School

Pershore High School is a secondary school in Pershore, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,125 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 43.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.5 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.

35% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 90% of the families who made Pershore High School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.86 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, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.6%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Pershore High School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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