School profile
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Briar Mill, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0AA
Overview
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Droitwich Spa, West Midlands, for pupils aged 12–18. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 12–18
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 1,477
- Pupils on roll
- 1,290
- URN
- 136927
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Academy trust or group
- DROITWICH SPA HIGH SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 1,586
- Pupils on roll
- 1,297
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 289
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 44.1
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 284
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 39.1%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 284
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 60.6%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 284
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 18.3%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 284
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 20 February 2024 · Published 20 March 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Good
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 8 June 2022 · Published 21 July 2022
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Briar Mill, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0AA
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
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