Wolverley CofE Secondary School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 11–18 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.905 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wolverley CofE Secondary School is a secondary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (voluntary controlled school). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Wolverley CofE Secondary 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 | 1.905 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.905 miles away, the 7th shortest of 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 190 first-choice applications for 167 offers; 164 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.4 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above result was the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
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
- Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, DY11 5XQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 964 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Leaders identify the barriers that pupils may face in order to provide an inclusive, ambitious education that improves life chances.”
- “Pupils experience a curriculum that is ambitious and broad.”
- “Leaders are beginning to address some of these historical weaknesses, such as how effectively learning is adapted to meet the needs of all pupils.”
To improve
- “There are inconsistencies in pupils' experiences in lessons and in how pupils behave, including in how staff respond to any disruption.”
- “However, these barriers are not successfully overcome for some pupils.”
- “Pupils, including those who are high prior attaining, do not achieve as well as they could in many subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | 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: 190 first-preference applications, 167 offers in total, 164 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 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Charles I School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bewdley School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hagley Catholic High School 4.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Waseley Hills High School 9.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Bromsgrove High School 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade