Pershore High School, Pershore

From the headteacher's welcome: "I was delighted to join the school in 2025 and to be appointed Headteacher at the start of this academic year. Pershore High School is a special place with a rich heritage and a strong sense of community."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Pershore High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.07: pupils made about 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 32.4, against 49.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 82 families put Pershore High School as their first choice and 126 named it as one of their preferences, for 87 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Pershore High School is one of 6 schools run by Quest Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 226 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 76 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

3.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Pershore High School has a resourced provision for autism: 14 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Pershore Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pershore High School (opposite), 40 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 44 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78).

In 2024/25, Pershore High School issued 256 suspensions, 22.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Pershore High School are Orchard Primary School (0.6 miles), Pinvin CofE Academy (0.8 miles), Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles) and Abbey Park Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.