Baxter College
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 🔒
Baxter College is a secondary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 April 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Baxter 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
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 121 first-choice applications for 152 offers and 31 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
- The 2024/25 Attainment 8 score was 36.6 (England 46); at A level the average grade was D (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below 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
- Habberley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 5PQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 766 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at Baxter College.”
- “This is an inclusive school where everyone feels valued.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “While the school has high expectations of its pupils, they do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “This is because the curriculum is not delivered as intended.”
- “Over time, some pupils have not been supported effectively to deepen their understanding of their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2025 (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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 152 offers in total, 121 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.
- King Charles I School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Bewdley School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolverley CofE Secondary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hagley Catholic High School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre 9.5 mi Good
- South Bromsgrove High 9.8 mi Good