Bishop Perowne CofE College

Academy converter·Secondary school Worcestershire·WR3 8LE
Composite score
50.4
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#2,478
National rank
#280
In West Midlands
#24
In Worcestershire
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
50%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.70

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
236 first choices, 232 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
476
any preference, for 232 places
Last place offered lived
1.47 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2372 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.24
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5620220.5920230.7220240.7820251.022026

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
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,168
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
18.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
32.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,903
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
89%
169 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
7%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Bishop Perowne CofE College

Bishop Perowne CofE College is a secondary school in Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,168 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.3 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.1 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.

30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Bishop Perowne CofE College is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 236 first choices for 232 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.47 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, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.0%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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