Fort Royal
Wyld's Lane, Worcester, WR5 1DR
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Edward Francis
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 131534
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01905355525
About this school
Fort Royal is a community special school in Worcester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 208 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 34 | 34 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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 Fort Royal 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 | 0% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 242 |
| 2023/24 | 243 |
| 2024/25 | 232 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.34%
- English as an additional language
- 7.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.43%
- Persistent absence
- 27.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newbridge School0.1 miles
Academies · Worcester
-
The King's School0.4 miles
Independent schools · Worcestershire
-
Kimichi Worcester0.5 miles
Independent schools · Worcester
-
New College Worcester (NMSS)1.0 miles
Special schools · Worcester
-
Royal Grammar School Worcester1.1 miles
Independent schools · Worcester
Other schools in Worcester
- New College Worcester (NMSS) Special schools
- Newbridge School Academies
- Perryfields Primary Pupil Referral Unit Local authority maintained schools
- Regency High School Academies
- Riversides School Academies
- Salford Farm Outdoor Learning Centre Special schools
- The Aspire Academy Free Schools
- Broadheath CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadwas CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Callow End CofE Primary School Primary
- Carnforth School Primary
- Cherry Orchard Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Fort Royal teach?
- Fort Royal teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in Worcester.
- Who is the head teacher of Fort Royal?
- The head teacher of Fort Royal is Mr Edward Francis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fort Royal last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fort Royal, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Fort Royal?
- Fort Royal has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Fort Royal full?
- Fort Royal has capacity for 200 pupils and 208 on roll (104%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fort Royal a faith school?
- No. Fort Royal has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Fort Royal have?
- The schools register lists Fort Royal's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Fort Royal's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Fort Royal's absence rate?
- Fort Royal's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fort Royal's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fort Royal'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 30 June 2026.