Catshill Middle School
Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, B61 0JW
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Catshill Middle School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Julia Shingler
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 393
- URN
- 116958
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
About this school
Catshill Middle School was a community middle school in Bromsgrove. It taught children aged 9 to 13 and had 393 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Catshill Middle School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 114 | 104 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Catshill Middle School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 403 |
| 2023/24 | 393 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Catshill Middle School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 26.5% | 393 | — |
| Catshill Middle School | 51% | 6.3% | 26.7% | 424 | 0.0 miles |
| Parkside Middle School | 56% | 6.4% | 21.6% | 593 | 1.4 miles |
| St John's Church of England Middle School Academy | 75% | 6.5% | 26.4% | 658 | 2.0 miles |
| Aston Fields Middle School | 71% | 5.2% | 16% | 598 | 2.4 miles |
| Alvechurch CofE Middle School | 72% | 3.2% | 8% | 451 | 4.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.5%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 17.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Catshill Middle School0.0 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Parkside Middle School1.4 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
St John's Church of England Middle School Academy2.0 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Aston Fields Middle School2.4 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Alvechurch CofE Middle School4.2 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Bromsgrove
- Aston Fields Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Catshill Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Parkside Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- St John's Church of England Middle School Academy Middle deemed secondary
- Blackwell First School Primary
- Catshill First School Primary
- Charford First School Primary
- Dodford First School Primary
- Fairfield First School Primary
- Finstall First School Primary
- Hanbury CofE First School Primary
- Lickey End First School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Catshill Middle School teach?
- Catshill Middle School taught children aged 9 to 13. It was a middle school in Bromsgrove.
- Has Catshill Middle School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Catshill Middle School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Catshill Middle School?
- Catshill Middle School had 393 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 13.
- How have Catshill Middle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Catshill Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Catshill Middle School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.