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The Lacon Childe School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster DY14 8PE · lacon-childe.org.uk · 01299 270312
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Shropshire 42.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 563
- 23 over 540 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24%
- First language not English
- 0.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 95 families put the school first and 99 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 99 | 95 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 114 | 108 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 108 | 111 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 107 | 110 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 100 | 95 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.8, and 39.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Shropshire it was 42.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼23.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.99 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 13.6 | −10.1 |
| Further education | 69.9 | +10.6 |
| Other education | 1 | −0.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | −1.9 |
| Employment | 3.9 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.9 | +3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 1.9 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
The Lacon Childe School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 85
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (25%) with SEND