Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcester

In 2026, pupils at Christopher Whitehead Language College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.18: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.6, against 48.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and French.

For September 2026 entry, 236 families put Christopher Whitehead Language College as their first choice and 372 named it as one of their preferences, for 274 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Christopher Whitehead Language College are Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Bishop Perowne CofE College (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); Nunnery Wood High School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.3); and Tudor Grange Academy Worcester (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48).

Christopher Whitehead Language College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 246 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 87 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 118 pupils (7.5%) received SEN support and 82 (5.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Christopher Whitehead Language College has a resourced provision for autism and moderate learning difficulties: 12 places, 11 pupils on roll.

Christopher Whitehead Language College had 119 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Worcester Foregate Street Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bromwich Lane (opposite), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 503 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Christopher Whitehead Language College issued 62 suspensions, 3.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Christopher Whitehead Language College are Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary (0.2 miles), Pitmaston Primary School (0.3 miles), St Clement's CofE Primary (0.4 miles) and Oldbury Park Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.