Catshill Middle School, Bromsgrove
Catshill Middle School is a secondary school for pupils aged 9 to 13 in Bromsgrove, part of The Spire Church of England Learning Trust. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 96th-highest of the 129 schools in Worcestershire with published results, and 10,359th of 14,452 across England. It was 88% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Capacity
- 88% full
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Worcestershire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Catshill Middle School in detail
Catshill Middle School in its own words
In its own words: "We know that choosing a school is an important decision for your child and for your family and we would like to provide you with an opportunity to see what we offer at our thriving and successful school."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Catshill Middle School reached the expected standard in reading and 61% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.
Getting a place at Catshill Middle School
Across Worcestershire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Worcestershire lodged 180 appeals against secondary school offers; 134 reached a hearing and 36 succeeded (26.9% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Catshill Middle School are Parkside Middle School (1.4 miles, Good); North Bromsgrove High School (1.7 miles, Attainment 8 43.4); St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (2 miles, Good); and Aston Fields Middle School (2.4 miles, Outstanding).
Parkside Middle SchoolNorth Bromsgrove High SchoolSt John's Church of England Middle School AcademyAston Fields Middle School
The trust
Catshill Middle School is one of 6 schools run by The Spire Church of England Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Who goes there
3.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chadsgrove School (adjacent), 90 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Catshill Middle School issued 57 suspensions, 13.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Catshill Middle School are Catshill First School (0.2 miles), Lickey End First School (1 mile), Fairfield First School (1.2 miles) and Meadows First School (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Catshill First SchoolLickey End First SchoolFairfield First SchoolMeadows First School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Catshill Middle School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in April 2024. Before that, as Catshill Middle School (URN 116958), it was rated Good in November 2016.
At a Glance
23.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Exclusions & Suspensions
0
Permanent exclusions
0.00%
Exclusion rate
57
Suspensions
13.44%
Suspension rate
25 pupils received one or more suspensions out of 424 pupils
2024/25 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Catshill Middle School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Catshill Middle School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Catshill Middle School is in Worcestershire; for families living there:
Apply to Worcestershire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 10 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Catshill Middle School before it took its current form in 2024
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 116958). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.3 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
421 pupils
480 places
59 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Bromsgrove
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bromsgrove
Across Worcestershire council
Places available
4,103
Applications
3,828
Got 1st preference
88.1%
Got preferred school
95.7%
All secondary applications across Worcestershire council (2026/27), not just this school.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
78
SEN Support
13
EHC Plans
21.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
424
Total Pupils
205
Boys
219
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
28
Teachers
15.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£47,681
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,033
Per pupil
£2772k
Total funding
£136k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.3%
Overall absence
16.0%
Persistent absence
432
Enrolments
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Catshill Middle School
What are SATs results like at Catshill Middle School?
Of the pupils at Catshill Middle School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 79% reached the expected standard in reading and 61% did so in maths.
What is Catshill Middle School's Ofsted rating?
Catshill Middle School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in April 2024. Before that, as Catshill Middle School (URN 116958), it was rated Good in November 2016.
What is the catchment area for Catshill Middle School?
No fixed boundary. When Catshill Middle School is oversubscribed, Worcestershire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Catshill Middle School?
Catshill Middle School was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 480 places.
How big are the classes at Catshill Middle School?
Classes at Catshill Middle School average 26.6 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Catshill Middle School?
Catshill Middle School has around 424 pupils on roll. 24% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Catshill Middle School?
6.3% of sessions were missed at Catshill Middle School in 2024/25. 16% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Catshill Middle School?
Apply through Worcestershire's coordinated admissions process, naming Catshill Middle School on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Catshill Middle School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 10 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Catshill Middle School?
Catshill Middle School is at Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)