Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
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Bishop Perowne CofE College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,155of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 201
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bishop Perowne CofE College (URN 116993, until 1 May 2012).
What the data says
Bishop Perowne CofE College has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 41% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 41% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.3 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Worcestershire, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Bishop Perowne CofE College | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 169 | 6,012 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 31% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 41% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bishop Perowne CofE College | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.3 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 56% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.70 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.5 | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.2 | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 200 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 55% |
| English Literature | 199 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 61% |
| English Language | 198 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 162 | 81% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 48% |
| History | 105 | 52% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 49% |
| Geography | 98 | 49% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 41% |
| German | 59 | 29% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 53% |
| French | 55 | 27% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 84% |
| Fine Art | 52 | 26% | 9% | 21% | 28% | 83% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 22% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 44 | 22% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 45% |
| Physics | 32 | 16% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 15% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 30 | 15% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 100% |
| Psychology | 29 | 14% | 3% | 31% | 22% | 79% |
| Design and Technology | 25 | 12% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 56% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 7% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 86% |
| Drama | 13 | 6% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 92% |
| Dance | 11 | 5% | 1% | 18% | 27% | 45% |
| Music | 7 | 3% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 86% |
| Polish | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 54 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 19 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
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Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
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Dyson Perrins CofE Academy
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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.