South Bromsgrove High, Bromsgrove

In 2026, pupils at South Bromsgrove High averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45, 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 down from 46.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.15: 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 31.4, against 47.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

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 South Bromsgrove High are St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (0.5 miles, Good); Aston Fields Middle School (0.8 miles, Outstanding); North Bromsgrove High School (1 mile, Attainment 8 43.4); and Parkside Middle School (1.1 miles, Good).

Of the 324 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 179 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 108 pupils (8.2%) received SEN support and 28 (2.1%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

South Bromsgrove High has a resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is South Bromsgrove High School (entrance), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood South Bromsgrove High stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 161 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, South Bromsgrove High issued 166 suspensions, 12.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to South Bromsgrove High are Charford First School (0.3 miles), St Peter's Catholic First School (0.3 miles), Millfields First School (0.5 miles) and Finstall First School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.