Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
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Dyson Perrins CofE Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 592of 1,040 places
- Free school meals
- 36.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 126
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dyson Perrins CofE Sports College (URN 116995, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Dyson Perrins CofE Academy has no sixth form. Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Worcestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dyson Perrins CofE Academy | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 144 | 6,012 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 31% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dyson Perrins CofE Academy | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.8 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.4 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.9 | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 126 | 100% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 67% |
| English Language | 126 | 100% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 126 | 100% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 119 | 94% | 31% | 4% | 32% | 47% |
| Combined Science | 101 | 80% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 54% |
| Geography | 65 | 52% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 55% |
| History | 64 | 51% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 52% |
| Fine Art | 44 | 35% | 9% | 11% | 28% | 75% |
| French | 32 | 25% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 56% |
| Design and Technology | 28 | 22% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 57% |
| Biology | 25 | 20% | 23% | 28% | 45% | 92% |
| Physics | 25 | 20% | 23% | 32% | 46% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 20% | 23% | 32% | 47% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 19% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 71% |
| Spanish | 24 | 19% | 19% | 8% | 27% | 67% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 16 | 13% | 8% | 31% | 21% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 8% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 60% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 44 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 29 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 27 | — | — |
| Sports Coaching | 21 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.