Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
Non-maintained special school
New College Worcester (NMSS)
- Pupils on roll
- 52of 96 places
- Free school meals
- 25.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 19 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at New College Worcester (NMSS) in 2023, 0% stayed on in New College Worcester (NMSS)’s own sixth form (Worcestershire average 31%), 10% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 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 | New College Worcester (NMSS) | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 6,012 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 10% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 80% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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 | New College Worcester (NMSS) | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.4 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | 3.92 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 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 | — | 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 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 31% |
| English Literature | 13 | 100% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 31% |
| Mathematics | 12 | 92% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 10 | 77% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 70% |
| Geography | 7 | 54% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 6 | 46% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 67% |
| Music | 5 | 38% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Drama | 4 | 31% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Spanish | 4 | 31% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Art and Design | 3 | 23% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| French | 3 | 23% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Computer Science | 2 | 15% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| History | 2 | 15% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | — | — | 20% |
| Classical Civilisation | — | — | 1% |
| Psychology | — | — | 23% |
| Sociology | — | — | 13% |
| Spanish | — | — | 2% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Health Studies | VRQ Level 3 | — | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D) | — | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
| Administrative Management | BTEC Technical Certificate L2 - Band E - P-D | — | — | — |
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | — | — | — |
| Biology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Psychology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Sociology | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
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.