Pershore High School

About Pershore High School

Pershore High School sits within Worcestershire local authority, a mixed 11-18 state secondary in Wychavon. Among the five schools of its type in the immediate Wychavon area, it ranks fourth by Progress 8 score, placing it in the 80th percentile locally. The top-performing peers in the wider Worcestershire context include Nunnery Wood High School, Prince Henry's High School, and Haybridge High School and Sixth Form, all of which post higher ranking scores. With 1,125 pupils on roll against a capacity of 1,468, the school is not at full capacity, yet it is oversubscribed for 2025/26: 108 first-preference applications were received for 89 total places, with 80 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.56. Around 19% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure that gives some indication of the school's intake relative to the local area.

Academically, Pershore's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024 rated the school Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2013. The breakdown shows that quality of education and leadership and management both require improvement, while behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and sixth-form provision are all rated Good. At Key Stage 4, the school's Progress 8 score of 0.07 is above the Worcestershire local authority average of -0.21, meaning pupils make slightly more progress than the typical student in the area. Attainment 8 sits at 46.1, and 64.2% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths. The EBacc average point score is 4.03, though only 22.1% of pupils entered the EBacc combination. At A-level, the school's value-added score is -0.15, classed as Average, with an average points per entry of 29.45, equivalent to a grade C.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a theatre, sixth-form centre, science labs, sports hall, tennis courts, and an astro turf pitch. Sports provision covers cricket, rugby, dance, swimming, martial arts, gymnastics, basketball, hockey, and netball, while clubs include gardening, debate, orchestra, coding, and Young Enterprise. SEND support is extensive, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder, plus a resourced provision. The school has a sixth form, and the sixth-form centre is a dedicated facility. For families weighing options in Worcestershire, Pershore is a solidly performing school that sits above the LA average for progress, though its recent Ofsted rating means it is not currently graded as good or outstanding. It will suit families who value a wide extracurricular offer and strong SEND support, and who are comfortable with a school that is still working to improve its core teaching and leadership.

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