Upton-Upon-Severn CofE Primary and Pre School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Worcester · WR8 0LD · Worcestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.3%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137101
Hanley Castle High School
Academy converter · Worcester · WR8 0BL
Ages 11–18 · 1,142 pupils · Worcestershire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
50.9
Overall absence
9.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-03-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- 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+0.23
−20+2
Attainment 850.9
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+76%
EBacc entry62%
EBacc APS: 4.7
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.8%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 7.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 914
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill113%
1,142 pupils · 1,009 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,142
- Boys / girls
- 555 / 587
- School capacity
- 1,009
- Capacity fill
- 1,142 / 1,009 (113%)
- Free school meals
- 17%
- FSM pupils
- 156
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- 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
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HANLEY AND UPTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- HANLEY AND UPTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Hanley and Upton Educational Trust
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Mark Stow
Location
- Address
- Church End, Hanley Castle
- Postcode
- WR8 0BL
- Town
- Worcester
- County
- Worcestershire
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- District
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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 Worcester, Worcestershire, 1,142 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Hanley Swan · WR8 0EQ · Worcestershire
Ages 4–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.0%
1.8 miles away
Other independent special school
Malvern · WR8 0AD · Worcestershire
Ages 11–18
1.9 miles away
Other independent special school
Hanley Swan · WR8 0DX · Worcestershire
Ages 11–24
2.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Mark Stow
- Telephone
- 01684593241