King Charles I School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Kidderminster · DY10 1XA · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att843.3
- P8-0.3
- EM5+37%
- Absence8.8%
1.6 miles away
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Baxter College
Academy converter · Kidderminster · DY11 5PQ
Ages 11–18 · 766 pupils · Worcestershire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
31.9
Overall absence
14.2%
Admissions demand
0.99 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.87
−20+2
Attainment 831.9
English & maths grade 5+17%
English & maths grade 4+35%
EBacc entry7%
EBacc APS: 2.7
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence14.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)43.5%
Unauthorised7.2%
- Authorised absence
- 7.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 9.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 770
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.99 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
131
Places offered
141
1st-preference offers
130
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 225
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 132
- Applications from outside LA
- 5
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill72%
766 pupils · 1,068 places
- Pupils on roll
- 766
- Boys / girls
- 384 / 382
- School capacity
- 1,068
- Capacity fill
- 766 / 1,068 (72%)
- Free school meals
- 37.9%
- FSM pupils
- 267
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: SEVERN ACADEMIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- SEVERN ACADEMIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- Severn Academies Educational Trust
- Headteacher
- Ms Katie Beech
Location
- Address
- Habberley Road
- Postcode
- DY11 5PQ
- Town
- Kidderminster
- County
- Worcestershire
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- District
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, 766 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 37.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Bewdley School
Ofsted: Not judgedFoundation school · Secondary
Bewdley · DY12 1BL · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+52%
- Absence8.2%
1.9 miles away
Wolverley CofE Secondary School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Secondary
Kidderminster · DY11 5XQ · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att841.5
- P8-0.4
- EM5+32%
- Absence9.2%
2.1 miles away
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stourport-on-Severn · DY13 8AX · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att838.4
- P8-0.7
- EM5+24%
- Absence14.1%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Katie Beech
- Telephone
- 01562741524