Pershore High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Mar 13 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 18 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Unique reference
- 136925
- Address
- Station Road, WR10 2BX
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1138 (78% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.6%
- Girls
- 50.4%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 15.1%
- Persistent absence
- 22.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.8%
White British 90.5%
Other White 3.8%
Mixed 2.4%
Unclassified 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
African 0.8%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.01
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.04
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 28%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 42%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 45
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.97
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 47 |
Biology | GCSE | 47 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 84 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 47 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 29 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 61 |
English Language | GCSE | 228 |
English Literature | GCSE | 233 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 62 |
Admissions
Pershore High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 90
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 127
- 2nd preference
- 18
- 3rd preference
- 10
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 82
- 2nd preference
- 4
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 89 50 39 |
Year 8 | 229 104 125 |
Year 9 | 234 112 122 |
Year 10 | 207 106 101 |
Year 11 | 225 125 100 |
Year 12 | 83 32 51 |
Year 13 | 71 36 35 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 85.0% 85.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 23.0% 32.4% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 45.0% 35.2% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 16.0% 16.3% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 6.0% 5.1% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 5.0% 4.5% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 4.8% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.6% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 69.0% 60.4% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 21.0% 16.0% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 23.0% 16.4% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 2.5% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 1.0% 1.3% 1.7% |