Tudor Grange Academy Redditch, Redditch

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Tudor Grange Academy Redditch on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school accurately identifies the additional needs pupils may have."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have worked well to address the barriers to regular attendance that some pupils face."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that an ambitious curriculum is in place that meets the needs of pupils and sixth-form students."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and those responsible for governance have a well-informed understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-thought-out programme for pupils' personal development."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that there is a suitable curriculum in place in the sixth form."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Most pupils progress well through the curriculum and produce work that shows an understanding of what they have been taught."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to ensure that all pupils develop secure knowledge and skills across the curriculum so that they achieve as well as they should in public examinations at key stage 4"; "Leaders should continue to embed their systems to deal with absence so that they secure regular attendance for all groups of pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged".

In its own words: "At Tudor Grange Academy Redditch, our guiding principle is simple yet powerful: we always ask what is best for children. This moral clarity shapes every decision we make and ensures that our actions consistently reflect the needs and aspirations of our students."

In 2026, pupils at Tudor Grange Academy Redditch averaged an Attainment 8 score of 33.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Worcestershire and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Worcestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 29.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.91: pupils made well 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 25.4, against 37.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2021 entry, 1 family put Tudor Grange Academy Redditch as their first choice, for 1 place offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2021 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tudor Grange Academy Redditch are Studley High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.7); Woodfield Academy (1.1 miles, Requires improvement); Arrow Vale High School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 41.9); and Ipsley CofE Middle School (1.4 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Tudor Grange Academy Redditch.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch is one of 13 schools run by Tudor Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.5 in 2024/25.

42 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Tudor Grange Academy Redditch (as of April 2026): 69% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 44% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (74%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (44%).

Of the 112 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 29 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 14% into work.

36.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 130 pupils (29.9%) received SEN support and 57 (13.1%) 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 autism.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch has a resourced provision (10 places, 9 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (45 places, 46 pupils on roll) for autism.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch had 33 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Redditch Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tudor Grange Academy (adjacent), 50 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Tudor Grange Academy Redditch issued 137 suspensions, 34.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tudor Grange Academy Redditch are St Thomas More Catholic First School (0.3 miles), Woodrow First School (0.4 miles), Studley Infants' School (0.9 miles) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.