King Charles I School
Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1XA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- FOUR STONES GATEWAY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Ruth Allen
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,304
- Pupils on roll
- 1,140
- URN
- 138032
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01562512880
About this school
King Charles I School is a secondary academy in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,140 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. 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 187 | 185 | 183 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.6 | 43.3 | 44.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.06 -0.15 to +0.27 | -0.33 -0.54 to -0.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 37.3% | 35.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 80% | 71.9% | 72.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
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 King Charles I 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 | 47.6 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.3 | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,094 |
| 2023/24 | 1,105 |
| 2024/25 | 1,128 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How King Charles I School compares
King Charles I School ranked 16th of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44 | 8.4% | 28% | 1,140 | — |
| Baxter College | 36.6 | 12.6% | 37.7% | 766 | 1.6 miles |
| Wolverley CofE Secondary School | 42.4 | 9.8% | 27.6% | 964 | 2.5 miles |
| The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College | 39.7 | 12.6% | 29.3% | 1,039 | 2.9 miles |
| The Bewdley School | 42.6 | 8.8% | 18.9% | 970 | 3.1 miles |
| Hagley Catholic High School | 50.3 | 7.1% | 16.5% | 1,088 | 4.5 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.
Inspection history
- 2 March 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report29 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.02%
- English as an additional language
- 8.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.39%
- Persistent absence
- 24.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Baxter College1.6 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
-
Wolverley CofE Secondary School2.5 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
-
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College2.9 miles
Secondary · Stourport-on-Severn
-
The Bewdley School3.1 miles
Secondary · Bewdley
-
Hagley Catholic High School4.5 miles
Secondary · Hagley
Other schools in Kidderminster
King Charles I School ranks 2nd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Kidderminster.
- Baxter College Secondary
- The Lacon Childe School Secondary
- Wolverley CofE Secondary School Secondary
- 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
- Foley Park Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does King Charles I School teach?
- King Charles I School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the head teacher of King Charles I School?
- The head teacher of King Charles I School is Mrs Ruth Allen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was King Charles I School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King Charles I 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 big is King Charles I School?
- King Charles I School has 1,140 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is King Charles I School full?
- King Charles I School has capacity for 1,304 pupils and 1,140 on roll (87%), so it has space against 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 King Charles I School a faith school?
- No. King Charles I School has no designated religious character.
- Is King Charles I School a selective school?
- No. King Charles I School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs King Charles I School?
- King Charles I School is part of FOUR STONES GATEWAY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does King Charles I School have?
- The schools register lists King Charles I School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have King Charles I School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.6 in 2022/23 and 44 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does King Charles I School rank locally?
- King Charles I School ranked 16th of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is King Charles I School's absence rate?
- King Charles I School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King Charles I School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King Charles I 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.