The Bewdley School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Stourport Road
Bewdley
Worcestershire
DY12 1BL
Phone 01299403277
Reference Number 135035

General Makeup

Number of pupils 967
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.91%
Girls: 48.09%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 88 92 180
8 108 72 180
9 92 88 180
10 81 84 165
11 86 76 162
12 23 31 54
13 24 22 46

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.9%
White, Other 2%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
African 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
White & Black (African) 0.1%
Asian, Other 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-21
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection
2019-09-11 School inspection School inspection
2016-01-12 Short inspection Short inspection
2012-01-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-09-28 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-11-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
46.9 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 51.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 31.55 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 32.08 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 18.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 107 2
Third Preference 38 0
From another Local Authority 6 2

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Bewdley Primary School
Stourport Road, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1BL
0.11 miles
Wribbenhall School
21 Crundalls Lane, Wribbenhall, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1JL
0.87 miles
St Anne's CofE VC Primary School
St Anne's Cofe Vc Primary School, Wyre Hill, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 2UQ
1.05 miles
Birchen Coppice Academy
Woodbury Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7JJ
1.46 miles
Sutton Park Primary School
Greatfield Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6PH
1.63 miles
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School
Elmfield Walk, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 8UB
1.83 miles
Lickhill Primary School
Almond Way, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 8UA
1.85 miles
Burlish Park Primary School
Windermere Way, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 8LA
2 miles
Foley Park Primary Academy
Northumberland Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7AW
2.02 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
Blakebrook, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6AP
2.08 miles
Stourport Primary Academy
Park Avenue, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 8SH
2.21 miles
Franche Primary School
Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5QB
2.31 miles
St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School
Marlpool Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5HP
2.54 miles
Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School
Wilden Lane, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 9LP
2.56 miles
St Ambrose Catholic Primary
Leswell Street, Saint Ambrose School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1RP
3.06 miles
St Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary School
Princess Way, Areley Kings, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 0EL
3.06 miles
St George's CofE School
Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BX
3.07 miles
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School
Stoney Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2LX
3.07 miles
Heronswood Primary School
Heronswood Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 4EX
3.1 miles
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy
Franche Road, Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5TP
3.44 miles
Name Distance
Baxter College
Habberley Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5PQ
1.88 miles
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College
Minster Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 8AX
2 miles
Wyre Forest School
Habberley Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6FA
2.07 miles
Nurture Learning
County Buildings, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 6RQ
2.28 miles
King Charles I School
Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1XA
3.11 miles
Holy Trinity School
Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BY
3.11 miles
Heathfield Knoll School
Wolverley, Kidderminster, DY10 3QE
3.61 miles
Wolverley CofE Secondary School
Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5XQ
3.8 miles
Cambian New Elizabethan School
Quarry Bank, Hartlebury, DY11 7TE
3.96 miles
Madinatul Uloom Al Islamiya School
Heath Lane, Summerfield, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Worcestershire, DY10 4BS
3.97 miles
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