King Charles I School, Kidderminster

In 2026, pupils at King Charles I School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is down from 44 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.33: 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 32.6, against 45.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and German.

For September 2026 entry, 188 families put King Charles I School as their first choice and 301 named it as one of their preferences, for 214 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King Charles I School are Holy Trinity School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2); Baxter College (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.3); Wolverley CofE Secondary School (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8); and The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.4).

King Charles I School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

King Charles I School is one of 7 schools run by Four Stones Gateway Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 20% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (5%).

King Charles I School has a SEN unit for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 28 places, 30 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Kidderminster Rail Station, about 300 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is King Charles School (westbound), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 317 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, King Charles I School issued 137 suspensions, 12.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King Charles I School are Comberton Primary School (0.4 miles), St Ambrose Catholic Primary (0.5 miles), Offmore Primary School (0.6 miles) and St George's CofE School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.