Arrow Vale High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 843 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
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Pitcheroak School
- Pupils on roll
- 159of 155 places
- Free school meals
- 50.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 10
- Ofsted
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Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Pitcheroak School (URN 117056, until 1 September 2022).
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Pitcheroak School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Pitcheroak School’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 | Pitcheroak School | 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 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| — further education college | 10% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 90% | 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
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Worcestershire
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Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.1
Christopher Whitehead Language College
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
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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.