The Bewdley School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Bewdley, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.644 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Bewdley School is a secondary school in Bewdley, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Bewdley School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.644 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.644 miles away, the 5th shortest of 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 3.92 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 216 first-choice applications for 174 offers; 169 offers went to first-choice families and 47 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Stourport Road, Bewdley, DY12 1BL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 970 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “This welcoming and inclusive school is wholeheartedly focused on its pupils.”
- “Pupils settle in quickly when they arrive.”
- “They understand that staff care for them and want them to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers move pupils on to new learning before their knowledge has been checked.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils’ understanding not being addressed or pupils not being ready for what they are asked to do next.”
- “However, there is some variability in how well the curriculum is adapted for disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 216 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 169 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Worcestershire.
- Baxter College 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- King Charles I School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolverley CofE Secondary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hagley Catholic High School 7.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre 9.3 mi Good
- The Chantry School 9.5 mi Good Last distance published