Christopher Whitehead Language College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christopher Whitehead Language College is a secondary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 May 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Christopher Whitehead Language College 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 5 of the 20 other Worcestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 236 first-choice applications for 274 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 21 Worcestershire secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 43.8 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
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
- Bromwich Road, St John's, Worcester, WR2 4AF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,580 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2023
Strengths
- “Christopher Whitehead Language College is an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations.”
- “They place a strong focus on academic achievement and pupils’ character development.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not ensured that teachers know the precise knowledge that pupils must remember.”
- “This means that teachers sometimes move pupils on to new content before they are ready.”
- “Consequently, for some pupils, gaps in knowledge emerge, making it harder for them to learn new things.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2023 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.8 | 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: 236 first-preference applications, 274 offers in total, 236 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.
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Perowne CofE College 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Nunnery Wood High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy Worcester 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dyson Perrins CofE Academy 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre 6.2 mi Good
- The Chantry School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Chase 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published