Results
A-level 2025 rank: 238=
Grade
%
A*
5.7
A
23.3
B
34.7
A*/A
29
A*-B
63.7
GCSE 2025 rank: 389
Grade
%
9/8
9.7
7
10.6
9/8/7
20.3
Hanley Castle High School
Comprehensive
National rank
310=
271
Rank last year
63.7%
A-level
20.3%
GCSE
Need to know
Head teacher
Mark Stow
Attendance
91.7%
Gender of entry
Mixed
Send pupils*
15.3%
*Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils
1,054
Pupils on free school meals
16.2%
Progress 8
AVERAGE
Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8
What the school inspection says
“Pupils at Hanley Castle High School benefit from an ambitious curriculum for all. Staff help pupils to develop their cultural understanding and think internationally. Pupils, including students in the sixth form, work hard and achieve well … Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, take part in a wide range of extracurricular clubs. These include sport and creative activities. Pupils benefit from educational visits, including a sixth-form trip to Auschwitz … Pupils regularly give their views on the school, and leaders act on what they say … Leaders have planned a broad and ambitious curriculum.”
Inspection
2023
In detail
*
Read the full report
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
Telephone
01684 593 241
Website
hanleycastle.worcs.sch.uk
Address
Church End,
Hanley Castle,
Worcester,
WR8 0BL