Bishop Perowne CofE College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.474 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Perowne CofE College is a secondary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Perowne CofE 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 | 1.474 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
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.474 miles, 3rd shortest of 15 Worcestershire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 3.92 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 5 of the 7 years with a published outcome; the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2023.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 236 first-choice applications for 232 offers; 213 went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Merriman's Hill Road, Worcester, WR3 8LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Bishop Perowne CofE College is an inclusive school.”
- “They know a trusted adult will listen to them and provide support.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils can do.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s oversight of why some pupils are often absent is not clear.”
- “These pupils’ attendance is not improving and gaps in their knowledge widen.”
- “However, a small number of pupils still have low attendance rates.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.3 | 46 |
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, 232 offers in total, 213 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.
- Tudor Grange Academy Worcester 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christopher Whitehead Language College 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nunnery Wood High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre 4.8 mi Good
- The Chantry School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Dyson Perrins CofE Academy 6.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Chase 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published