Secondary
Arrow Vale High School
Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 843 of 972 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.0
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 866
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
31%
5 points below the Redditch average (36% across 5 schools)
38.8
1.6 below the Redditch average (40.4 across 5 schools)
3rd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Redditch we can score - 12 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.86 |
| A level students | 67 |
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 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.9 |
| 22/23 | 25.9 |
| 23/24 | 28.1 |
| 24/25 | 29.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.04 |
| 23/24 | -0.38 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.6 |
| 22/23 | 44.1 |
| 23/24 | 42.3 |
| 24/25 | 38.8 |
Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
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
- Matthew Rash
- Address
- Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
- Telephone
- 01527526800