Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
Academy special sponsor led
Kingfisher School
- Pupils on roll
- 150of 140 places
- Free school meals
- 69.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 20
- Ofsted
- Report card, 3 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Kingfisher School (URN 131084, until 20 November 2013).
What the data says
Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Kingfisher School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Kingfisher School’s own sixth form (Worcestershire average 31%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.1 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Worcestershire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Kingfisher School | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 18 | 6,012 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 78% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kingfisher School | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.1 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.16 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 75% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 30.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 Language | 13 | 65% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 11 | 55% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Biology | 9 | 45% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| History | 7 | 35% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 0% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 10% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
Other secondary schools in Worcestershire
Baxter College
Academy converter · sixth form · 766 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.6
Bishop Perowne CofE College
Academy converter · 1,155 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · 1,036 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.1
Christopher Whitehead Language College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,580 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,290 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.1
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.