Bishop Perowne CofE College

Bishop Perowne CofE College is a good school where pupils feel safe and are eager to learn. With a strong inclusive environment, the school sets high expectations that most pupils meet, contributing to a calm atmosphere conducive to learning. The curriculum is broad and well-structured, enabling students to excel academically, particularly in modern foreign languages, and effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, the school faces challenges with attendance for a small number of students, with some absences not being properly recorded, which hinders efforts to address the underlying issues.

Strengths

• Strong and inclusive school environment where pupils feel safe.
• High expectations and positive attitudes result in a calm and orderly school.
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum, including language options.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and struggling readers.
• Engaging personal development and enrichment opportunities for students.
• Motivating behaviour management strategies that encourage high standards.

Areas for Improvement

• Poor coding of absences leads to unclear identification of barriers to attendance.

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 Bishop Perowne CofE College attended 88.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.0% 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 Bishop Perowne CofE College 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 Bishop Perowne CofE College had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Bishop Perowne CofE College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.0% 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 Bishop Perowne CofE College received £8,454 and spent £7,903 for each of its 1,171 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £870,000 (£743 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 Bishop Perowne CofE College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bishop Perowne CofE College is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Bishop Perowne CofE College last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishop Perowne CofE College was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Bishop Perowne CofE College have?

Bishop Perowne CofE College has 1,155 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishop Perowne CofE College cover?

Bishop Perowne CofE College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Bishop Perowne CofE College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.3, and 36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bishop Perowne CofE College?

Bishop Perowne CofE College is at Merriman's Hill Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR3 8LE.