Nunnery Wood High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Worcester, WR5 2LT
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2XD
Local ranking7th of 45 secondary schools in Worcestershire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 16 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1050
- Boys
- 506 (49%)
- Girls
- 530 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.4%
- EAL
- 25.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,484/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.1%
- White Other: 15.2%
- Asian Indian: 7.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.0%
- Black African: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
55.1%
White British
15.2%
White Other
7.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Timberdine Avenue
Worcester, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 116999
- UKPRN
- 10014888
- Establishment No.
- 5402
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