Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre, Droitwich Spa

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From the headteacher's welcome: "We are the High School which serves the town of Droitwich Spa and its surrounding villages: our responsibility is to prepare the next generation of this community. We are ambitious for our students and we aim to offer each of them a range of opportunities in and beyond the classroom."

In 2026, pupils at Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.28: 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 31.7, against 44.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

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).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre are Tudor Grange Academy Worcester (4.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48); Bishop Perowne CofE College (4.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); South Bromsgrove High (6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45); and St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (6.2 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre.

Of the 261 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 89 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 30% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 183 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 35 (2.7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre had 100 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 Droitwich Spa Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Droitwich Spa High School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 145 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre issued 294 suspensions, 22.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Westacre Middle School (0.2 miles), Chawson First School (0.6 miles) and Westlands First School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.