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King Charles I School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, Kidderminster DY10 1XA · kingcharlesschool.co.uk · 01562 512880

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
44
average Attainment 8 score. Worcestershire 44.2, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,140
87% of 1,304 places
Local authority
Worcestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29%
First language not English
11%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Four Stones Gateway Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Worcestershire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 188 families put the school first and 214 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 140 (Places 189)140September 2023: 149 (Places 185)149September 2024: 219 (Places 219)219September 2025: 195 (Places 217)195September 2026: 188 (Places 214)188Places 214
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262141880.999%
September 2025Sept 20252171950.9100%
September 2024Sept 2024219219196%
September 2023Sept 20231851490.899%
September 2022Sept 20221891400.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 35.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Worcestershire it was 44.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.1 (England 46.3)46.12017/18: 49.8 (England 46.5)49.82018/19: 45.7 (England 46.7)45.72021/22: 49.4 (England 48.8)49.42022/23: 47.6 (England 46.3)47.62023/24: 43.3 (England 45.9)43.32024/25: 44.0 (England 46.0)44.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4446
▼35.5%45.4%
▼56.8%64.8%
▲72.7%40.5%
●4.054.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form30.3+0.1
Sixth form college8.6−2
Further education48.1+4.2
Other education0.5−1.6
Apprenticeship2.2−4.1
Employment1.6+1.1
Not in a lasting destination6.5+1.7
Activity not captured2.2+0.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.2 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 27.4 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 26.8 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 30.4 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 39.2 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 33.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 27.3 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 31.5 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
48 studentsC (31.5)Average -0.11
50 studentsC (31.6)Average -0.12
28 studentsDist- (32.5)Above average +0.28
11.1%AAB or better
96.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2453C- (27.3)-0.28
2022/2341C+ (33.7)—
2021/2242B (39.2)—
2018/1942C (30.4)+0.01
2017/1854C- (26.8)-0.34
2016/1780C- (27.4)-0.22
2015/1668C (30.2)-0.07

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University42.1−19.1
Further and other education5.3—
Further education1.8—
Other education3.5—
Apprenticeship8.8+2.7
Employment28.1−0.5
Not in a lasting destination14+12
Activity not captured1.8−0.2

Ofsted

King Charles I School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
2 Mar 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
  • Jan 2009Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (201 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
77%
Replies
201
18% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼71% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼69% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●76% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲82% agreeEngland 67%

based on 48 parents (24%) with SEND

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