Pershore High School

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Requires improvement — Quality of education, Leadership & managementWorkforce pressure indicatorsOverall absence at 8.9%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,755.71

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

71.9%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

10.8%

of income

In-year balance

+4.6%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Leadership & management.

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 24.6%.

Overall absence at 8.9%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.9%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

12 March 2024 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.43.6
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.56.0%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)35.3%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.19.3%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,125

Capacity

1,468 (77%)

Free school meals

19.0%

English additional lang.

3.2%

Ethnicity

White British 89.2%Asian 0.9%Black 1.3%Mixed 2.6%Chinese 0.1%Other 0.3%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

69.9

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

16.1

Mean salary

£46,073

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

8.9%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

23.6%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

6.6%

Unauthorised absence

2.3%

2024/25 · 984 pupils