Fort Royal
Ofsted: Strong
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Worcester, WR5 1DR
- Distance
- 1.7km away
New College Worcester (NMSS)
Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
96
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 59
- Boys
- 30 (51%)
- Girls
- 29 (49%)
- Capacity
- 96 (61% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.2%
- EAL
- 5.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.3%
- SEN Support
- 1.7%
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 24.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.0%
- Mixed Other: 5.1%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
78.0%
White British
5.1%
Mixed Other
3.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Whittington Road
Worcester, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 117064
- UKPRN
- 10040382
- Establishment No.
- 7019
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