The Bewdley School, Bewdley

In 2026, pupils at The Bewdley School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 42.6 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 37, against 45.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 216 families put The Bewdley School as their first choice and 381 named it as one of their preferences, for 174 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 47 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Bewdley School are Baxter College (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.3); The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.4); King Charles I School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and Holy Trinity School (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.2).

The Bewdley School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

112 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Bewdley School (as of September 2025): 78% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Of the 162 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 49 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 47% went on to university or other higher education, 12% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

1.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Kidderminster Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Bewdley School & Sixth Form Centre (adjacent), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Bewdley School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 45 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78).

In 2024/25, The Bewdley School issued 94 suspensions, 9.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Bewdley School are Bewdley Primary School (0.1 miles), St Anne's CofE VC Primary School (1 mile), Birchen Coppice Academy (1.5 miles) and Sutton Park Primary School (1.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.