Hagley Catholic High School

Hagley Catholic High School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all inspected areas including quality of education, behavior, and leadership. Notably, the school has a supportive and respectful environment, with pupils feeling safe and well cared for. There is a strong emphasis on personal development, with a rich curriculum and numerous extracurricular activities that contribute positively to students' experiences. Leaders have quickly implemented effective measures to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, leading to better performance in most subjects.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior leading to a respectful school environment.
• Broad curriculum with logical topic sequencing helping to build pupil knowledge.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing personal development.
• Strong sixth-form provision that prepares students well for further education and careers.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning and sequencing is inconsistent in design and technology and geography.
• Work for the most able pupils is not always challenging enough.

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 Hagley Catholic High School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.3% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Hagley Catholic High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Hagley Catholic High School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Hagley Catholic High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% 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 Hagley Catholic High School received £7,241 and spent £7,174 for each of its 1,113 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £750,000 (£674 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company, income was £7,316 and spending £7,265 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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Hagley Catholic High School is part of Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• St Joseph's RC Primary School Stourbridge
• St Mary's RC Primary School Brierley Hill
• St Ambrose Catholic Primary Kidderminster
• Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School Oldbury
• Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School Stourport-On-Severn
• St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School Oldbury
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Smethwick
• St Philip's Catholic Primary School Smethwick
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Droitwich

What is Hagley Catholic High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hagley Catholic High School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Hagley Catholic High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hagley Catholic High School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Hagley Catholic High School have?

Hagley Catholic High School has 1,088 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hagley Catholic High School cover?

Hagley Catholic High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Hagley Catholic High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.8, and 49% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hagley Catholic High School?

Hagley Catholic High School is at Brake Lane, Hagley, Worcestershire, DY8 2XL.