Nunnery Wood High School

Nunnery Wood High School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all evaluation areas. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are proud to attend and benefit from strong relationships with staff. The well-planned curriculum supports students in achieving strong GCSE results, while the school's focus on personal development, particularly through its rich extracurricular offerings and robust careers guidance, is commendable. This inspection represents the first routine evaluation since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the school has effectively considered the pandemic's impact on its operations.

Strengths

• Pupils consistently achieve well in their GCSE examinations.
• There is a broad and well-planned curriculum, including a range of subjects and extracurricular activities.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff create a supportive school environment.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Robust careers guidance that helps pupils secure post-school placements.

Areas for Improvement

• A low number of pupils opting to study a language at key stage 4.
• Assessment practices at key stage 3 are sometimes overly focused on GCSE requirements, not tailored enough to current pupil knowledge.

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 Nunnery Wood High School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.8% 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, 5.5% of pupils at Nunnery Wood High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were 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 Nunnery Wood High School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Nunnery Wood High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.0% 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 Nunnery Wood High School received £7,463 and spent £7,028 for each of its 1,481 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,382,000 (£933 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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What is Nunnery Wood High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nunnery Wood High School is Good, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Nunnery Wood High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nunnery Wood High School was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Nunnery Wood High School have?

Nunnery Wood High School has 1,488 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nunnery Wood High School cover?

Nunnery Wood High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Nunnery Wood High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.3, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Nunnery Wood High School?

Nunnery Wood High School is at Spetchley Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2LT.