OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
5 March 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Outstanding
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Worcestershire
Trust
BORDESLEY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
958
958 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
452
47.2% of pupils
Male pupils
506
52.8% of pupils
3.5 pts
above England
School
28.3%
Redditch
24.2%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
4.6 pts
above England
School
24.9%
Redditch
18.8%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Redditch
0.1%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
6.5%
62
White and Black Caribbean
3.8%
36
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
18.7%
179 of
958 pupils
2.1 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
16.3%
156 pupils
England
14.8%
1.5 pts
above
EHC plans
2.4%
23 pupils
England
6.0%
3.6 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
51
Speech, language & communication
42
Moderate learning difficulty
36
Autistic spectrum disorder
22
Specific learning difficulty
14
Other difficulty or disability
9
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
9.21%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.99 pts
higher than
England
School
9.21%
Redditch
7.63%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
25.20%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
9.38 pts
higher than
England
School
25.20%
Redditch
17.92%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
4.72%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
2.92 pts
higher than
England
School
4.72%
Redditch
3.37%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
83.2%
9.1 pts
below England
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
83.2%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.