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Schools in Worcestershire

274 schools in the Worcestershire local authority.

Schools

274

Open schools

Pupils

88,275

2025–26 census

Good or better

93%

191 of 205 graded

Academic Performance

4.9

out of 10 · 239 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
13 6%
Good
178 87%
Requires improvement
12 6%
Inadequate
2 <1%
31 inspected since 2024, no overall grade26 superseded by a report card38 not judged3 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 239 of 274 schools that can be scored

Pupils

88,275

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 273 of 274 schools (88,275 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
85%
Asian
5%
Black
2%
Mixed
5%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 242 of 274 schools (81,151 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
20.9%

16,928 of 81,151 pupils · 242 of 274 schools

First language not English
10.7%

8,675 of 81,151 pupils · 242 of 274 schools

Young carers
<1%

175 of 81,073 pupils · 241 of 274 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
180
Secondary
49
All-through
8
Special
13
Nursery
1
PRU
7
Not recorded
16

Top primary schools in Worcestershire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Worcestershire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 274 schools in Worcestershire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Worcestershire

How many schools are there in Worcestershire?
Worcestershire has 274 open schools — 180 primary, 49 secondary, 13 special, 1 nursery, teaching 88,275 pupils in total.
How many schools in Worcestershire are rated Good or Outstanding?
191 of the 205 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 274: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Worcestershire?
4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 239 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Worcestershire schools have no Ofsted rating?
69 schools in Worcestershire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Worcestershire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Worcestershire covers 274 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Worcestershire are eligible for free school meals?
20.9% — 16,928 of 81,151 pupils at the 242 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the West Midlands region.