Secondary
New College Worcester (NMSS)
Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 52 of 96 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
April 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
23%
35.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20% |
| 22/23 | 10% |
| 23/24 | 14% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +1.21 |
| 22/23 | -1.90 |
| 23/24 | +0.15 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.6 |
| 22/23 | 20.4 |
| 23/24 | 28.7 |
| 24/25 | 35.4 |
Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Worcestershire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Rachel Perks
- Address
- Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
- Telephone
- 01905763933