Pershore High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Pershore, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.857 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pershore High School is a secondary school in Pershore, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Pershore High 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 | 1.857 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.857 miles away, the 6th shortest of 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 82 first-choice applications for 87 offers; 74 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 43.6 (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
- Station Road, Pershore, WR10 2BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,055 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Pershore High School are kind and demonstrate an eagerness to learn in lessons.”
- “Their behaviour around the school and in lessons is calm and orderly.”
- “Pupils move around the school sensibly, following clear routines and expectations.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum is still being developed in many subjects.”
- “This means that many pupils do not develop their knowledge well over time.”
- “Teaching is not always adapted well to suit the needs of all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.6 | 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: 82 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 74 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.
- Prince Henry's High School 6.0 mi Outstanding
- Nunnery Wood High School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The De Montfort School 6.4 mi Good
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College 7.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hanley Castle High School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Christopher Whitehead Language College 7.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishop Perowne CofE College 8.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy Worcester 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published