The Lacon Childe School
Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FOUR STONES GATEWAY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Weston
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 563
- URN
- 141451
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01299270312
About this school
The Lacon Childe School is a secondary academy in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 563 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Lacon Childe School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 103 | 91 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 45.1 | 45.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.38 to +0.15 | -0.28 -0.55 to 0.00 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 43.7% | 39.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 64.1% | 63.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 11% | 27.2% | 23.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
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 The Lacon Childe 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 | Shropshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.5 | 35.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.1 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.8 | 34 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 543 |
| 2023/24 | 548 |
| 2024/25 | 538 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Lacon Childe School compares
The Lacon Childe School ranked 5th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.8 | 7.5% | 22.3% | 563 | — |
| Tenbury High Ormiston Academy | 39.9 | 7.6% | 19.6% | 453 | 7.1 miles |
| The Bewdley School | 42.6 | 8.8% | 18.9% | 970 | 7.6 miles |
| Baxter College | 36.6 | 12.6% | 37.7% | 766 | 9.0 miles |
| The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College | 39.7 | 12.6% | 29.3% | 1,039 | 9.1 miles |
| Wolverley CofE Secondary School | 42.4 | 9.8% | 27.6% | 964 | 10.0 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
- 11 June 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report8 March 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.46%
- Persistent absence
- 25.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tenbury High Ormiston Academy7.1 miles
Secondary · Tenbury Wells
-
The Bewdley School7.6 miles
Secondary · Bewdley
-
Baxter College9.0 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
-
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College9.1 miles
Secondary · Stourport-on-Severn
-
Wolverley CofE Secondary School10.0 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
Other schools in Kidderminster
The Lacon Childe School ranks 1st of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Kidderminster.
- Baxter College Secondary
- King Charles I 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 ages does The Lacon Childe School teach?
- The Lacon Childe School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the headteacher of The Lacon Childe School?
- The headteacher of The Lacon Childe School is Mr Stuart Weston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Lacon Childe School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Lacon Childe 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 The Lacon Childe School?
- The Lacon Childe School has 563 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Lacon Childe School full?
- The Lacon Childe School has capacity for 540 pupils and 563 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 The Lacon Childe School a faith school?
- No. The Lacon Childe School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Lacon Childe School a selective school?
- No. The Lacon Childe School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Lacon Childe School part of an academy trust?
- The Lacon Childe 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 The Lacon Childe School have?
- The schools register lists The Lacon Childe School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Lacon Childe School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.5 in 2022/23 and 45.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Lacon Childe School compare with other schools in Shropshire?
- The Lacon Childe School ranked 5th of 20 secondary schools in Shropshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Lacon Childe School's absence rate?
- The Lacon Childe School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Lacon Childe School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Lacon Childe 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.