Wyre Forest School
Habberley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 6FA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Garratt
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 320
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- URN
- 135791
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01562827785
About this school
Wyre Forest School is a community special school in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 389 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wyre Forest School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found the school has improved significantly.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 24 | 28 |
| 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 | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 24 | 8 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wyre Forest 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 | 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 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 324 |
| 2023/24 | 366 |
| 2024/25 | 372 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report4 June 2025
- 10 December 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.99%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.01%
- Persistent absence
- 31.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nurture Learning0.4 miles
Special schools · Worcestershire
-
Unity Academy1.1 miles
Free Schools · Kidderminster
-
Heathfield Knoll School1.5 miles
Independent schools · Kidderminster
-
Wribbenhall School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Worcestershire
-
Continu Plus Academy2.1 miles
Free Schools · Kidderminster
Other schools in Kidderminster
- Aurora Wilden View School Special schools
- Compass Community School Vicarage Park Special schools
- Continu Plus Academy Free Schools
- Unity Academy Free Schools
- Birchen Coppice Academy Primary
- Blakedown CofE Primary School Primary
- Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School Primary
- Cleobury Mortimer Primary School Primary
- Comberton Primary School Primary
- Cookley Sebright Primary School Primary
- Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School Primary
- Farlow CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wyre Forest School teach?
- Wyre Forest School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Wyre Forest School?
- The headteacher of Wyre Forest School is Mrs Rebecca Garratt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wyre Forest School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wyre Forest School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Wyre Forest School?
- Wyre Forest School has 389 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Wyre Forest School full?
- Wyre Forest School has capacity for 320 pupils and 389 on roll (122%), 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 Wyre Forest School a faith school?
- No. Wyre Forest School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Wyre Forest School have?
- The schools register lists Wyre Forest School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wyre Forest School'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 Wyre Forest School's absence rate?
- Wyre Forest School's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wyre Forest School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wyre Forest 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 1 July 2026.