New College Worcester (NMSS)
Non-maintained special school · Mixed · Worcestershire
Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 19/11/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
75.8%
33.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
52
Capacity used
Has space54%
96 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Rachel Perks
- Address
- Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
- Phone
- 01905763933
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Battenhall · Worcester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117064
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
52 pupils · 96 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 9 pupils
Attendance
75.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
24.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
22.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 23.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 46.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 13 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 13 | 8% | 31% | 31% | |
| English Literature | 13 | 8% | 15% | 31% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 0% | 33% | 58% | |
| Combined Science | 10 | 0% | 40% | 70% | |
| Geography | 7 | 0% | 29% | 43% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 6 | 17% | 67% | 67% | |
| Music | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Drama | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.