Woodrush High School

Woodrush High School continues to uphold its status as a good school, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining a supportive and engaging environment for its students. The school fosters a harmonious community where expectations are clear, and pupils thrive both academically and socially. With a robust curriculum anchored in the English Baccalaureate and a variety of extracurricular opportunities, students are encouraged to participate actively in their education and the wider community. There is a strong emphasis on respect and reflection, which contributes positively to the school culture.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit high levels of respect and consideration towards each other.
• The school has an ambitious curriculum that is well-planned and reviewed.
• Effective systems to track and improve attendance, with overall attendance above national levels.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well.
• Broad and high-quality post-16 curriculum with ample enrichment opportunities.
• Clear expectations for pupil conduct have been successfully communicated and understood.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not consistently used effectively to check pupil understanding.
• Attendance rates are lower for some vulnerable pupils, resulting in missed learning.
• Support for weaker readers is not yet fully embedded, hindering their access to the curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woodrush High School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.5% of pupils at Woodrush High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woodrush High School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.3% of pupils at Woodrush High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Woodrush High School received £7,952 and spent £8,651 for each of its 1,023 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £678,000 (£663 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Black Pear Trust, income was £7,808 and spending £7,915 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bromsgrove · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Woodrush High School is part of The Black Pear Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• The Orchards School Bromsgrove
• St George's CofE School Kidderminster
• Carnforth School Worcester
• Hollymount School Worcester
• Upper Arley CofE Primary School Bewdley
• Honeybourne Primary Academy Evesham
• Brockhampton Primary School Bromyard

What is Woodrush High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodrush High School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Woodrush High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodrush High School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Woodrush High School have?

Woodrush High School has 1,005 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodrush High School cover?

Woodrush High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Woodrush High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.9, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Woodrush High School?

Woodrush High School is at Shawhurst Lane, Wythall, Worcestershire, B47 5JW.