King Charles I School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Kidderminster, 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 🔒
King Charles I School is a secondary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
King Charles I 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 | 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 2024/25, 36% (England 45%) got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 188 first-choice applications for 214 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 21 Worcestershire secondary schools.
- Of the 2026 Year 7 offers, 186 went to first-choice families and 28 to families who ranked it second or lower; 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 27.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.3% across 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
- Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1XA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum for all, centred on the study of a humanities subject and a modern foreign language at key stage 4.”
- “Leaders prioritise the development of reading.”
- “Pupils learn what leaders intend because teachers plan their lessons effectively.”
To improve
- “Staff generally implement the behaviour policy fairly, although some inconsistencies remain.”
- “However, where this is not the case, pupils perceive it as unfair.”
- “The rate of pupils’ attendance fell following the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44 | 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: 188 first-preference applications, 214 offers in total, 186 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 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolverley CofE Secondary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bewdley School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hagley Catholic High School 4.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- South Bromsgrove High 8.2 mi Good
- North Bromsgrove High School 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade