Birchensale Middle School
Secondary schoolBirchensale Middle School is a secondary school in Redditch, for pupils aged 9 to 13. It had 522 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 September 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 47% of pupils at Birchensale Middle School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Worcestershire and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holyoakes Field First SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade360 m
- Pitcheroak SchoolSpecial. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met560 m
- Batchley First and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met660 m
- Heart of Worcestershire CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- Trinity High School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary. Good (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 38.2 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- St Luke's CofE First SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024, before the school changed1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Redditch
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).