Nunnery Wood High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Worcester · WR5 2LT · Worcestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att851.8
- P80.5
- EM5+55%
- Absence8.8%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 116999
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · Worcester · WR5 2XD
Ages 11–16 · 1,036 pupils · Worcestershire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
51.6
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-06-15
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.23
−20+2
Attainment 851.6
English & maths grade 5+57%
English & maths grade 4+78%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.2%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,079
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
205
Places offered
206
1st-preference offers
191
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 414
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 206
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill99%
1,036 pupils · 1,050 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,036
- Boys / girls
- 506 / 530
- School capacity
- 1,050
- Capacity fill
- 1,036 / 1,050 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- FSM pupils
- 206
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Greg McClarey
Location
- Address
- Timberdine Avenue
- Postcode
- WR5 2XD
- Town
- Worcester
- County
- Worcestershire
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- District
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester
- 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 voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Worcester, Worcestershire, 1,036 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Christopher Whitehead Language College
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Worcester · WR2 4AF · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att845.0
- P8-0.2
- EM5+42%
- Absence10.8%
1.0 miles away
Bishop Perowne CofE College
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Worcester · WR3 8LE · Worcestershire
Ages 11–16
- Att843.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+42%
- Absence12.0%
1.6 miles away
Tudor Grange Academy Worcester
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Worcester · WR3 8HN · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
- Att844.2
- P8-0.4
- EM5+45%
- Absence8.3%
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Greg McClarey
- Telephone
- 01905352615