Baxter College
Habberley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 5PQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SEVERN ACADEMIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Katie Beech
- Sponsor
- Severn Academies Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,068
- Pupils on roll
- 766
- URN
- 144367
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01562741524
About this school
Baxter College is a secondary academy in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 766 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Baxter College, 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 132 | 140 | 113 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.6 | 31.9 | 36.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.61 -0.85 to -0.36 | -0.87 -1.11 to -0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 17.1% | 24.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 35% | 45.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 7.1% | 9.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
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 Baxter College 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 | 35.6 | 38.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 31.9 | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 827 |
| 2023/24 | 806 |
| 2024/25 | 779 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Baxter College compares
Baxter College ranked 30th of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.6 | 12.6% | 37.7% | 766 | — |
| King Charles I School | 44 | 8.4% | 28% | 1,140 | 1.6 miles |
| The Bewdley School | 42.6 | 8.8% | 18.9% | 970 | 1.9 miles |
| Wolverley CofE Secondary School | 42.4 | 9.8% | 27.6% | 964 | 2.1 miles |
| The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College | 39.7 | 12.6% | 29.3% | 1,039 | 2.7 miles |
| Kinver High School and Sixth Form | 50.9 | 7.6% | 17.6% | 801 | 4.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.7%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 12.59%
- Persistent absence
- 40.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King Charles I School1.6 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
-
The Bewdley School1.9 miles
Secondary · Bewdley
-
Wolverley CofE Secondary School2.1 miles
Secondary · Kidderminster
-
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College2.7 miles
Secondary · Stourport-on-Severn
-
Kinver High School and Sixth Form4.8 miles
Secondary · Stourbridge
Other schools in Kidderminster
Baxter College ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Kidderminster.
- King Charles I School 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 ages does Baxter College teach?
- Baxter College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Baxter College?
- The headteacher of Baxter College is Ms Katie Beech, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Baxter College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Baxter College, 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 Baxter College?
- Baxter College has 766 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Baxter College full?
- Baxter College has capacity for 1,068 pupils and 766 on roll (72%), 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 Baxter College a faith school?
- No. Baxter College has no designated religious character.
- Is Baxter College part of an academy trust?
- Baxter College is part of SEVERN ACADEMIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Baxter College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.6 in 2022/23 and 36.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Baxter College compare with other schools in Worcestershire?
- Baxter College ranked 30th of 31 secondary schools in Worcestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Baxter College's absence rate?
- Baxter College's overall absence rate is 12.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Baxter College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Baxter College'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 10 July 2026.