Hanley Castle High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.736 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hanley Castle High School is a secondary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Hanley Castle 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 | 8.736 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 219 first-choice applications for 178 offers; 175 offers went to first-choice families and 44 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place under the out-of-area criterion for feeder-school pupils lived 8.736 miles away, further than in 2025.
- 62 of the 368 applications (17%) for Year 7 entry in 2026 came from families living outside Worcestershire, and 15 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 48% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest 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
- Church End, Hanley Castle, Worcester, WR8 0BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,142 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Hanley Castle High School benefit from an ambitious curriculum for all.”
- “Staff help pupils to develop their cultural understanding and think internationally.”
- “Pupils, including students in the sixth form, work hard and achieve well.”
To improve
- “These are generally working effectively, but some staff are not using them consistently well.”
- “Just occasionally, staff do not implement this guidance sharply enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 219 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 175 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.
- The Chase 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dyson Perrins CofE Academy 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College 7.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christopher Whitehead Language College 7.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pershore High School 7.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Nunnery Wood High School 7.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Perowne CofE College 8.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy Worcester 9.5 mi Not judged Last distance published