New College Worcester (NMSS)Norton College
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares New College Worcester (NMSS) and Norton College.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 35.4 for New College Worcester (NMSS) and 1.6 for Norton College.
GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at New College Worcester (NMSS) (41.6 in 2021-22, 35.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Norton College (0.0 in 2022-23, 1.6 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | WorcesterNew College Worcester (NMSS) | NortonNorton College | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Strong | ||
| School type | Non-maintained special school | Other independent special school | |
| Age range | 11-19 | 11-19 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 52 | 81 | |
| Capacity | 96 | 80 | |
| Location | Worcester, WR5 2JX | Norton, WR5 2BA | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 35.4 Stronger figure | 1.6 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 23.1% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 46.2% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.1% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 Stronger figure | 0.00 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 13 | 17 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 59 | 80 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 28.2% | 0.0% | |
| English as an additional language | 5.1% | Not reported | |
| SEN support | 1.7% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 98.3% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 24.2% | Not reported | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 33.3% | Not reported | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
New College Worcester (NMSS)
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