Secondary
The Lacon Childe School
Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 563 of 540 places
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- FOUR STONES GATEWAY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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
March 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
40%
45.8
3rd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Kidderminster we can score - 5 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 | 45.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.99 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
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 | 64% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.28 |
| 22/23 | -0.12 |
| 23/24 | -0.28 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.6 |
| 22/23 | 45.5 |
| 23/24 | 45.1 |
| 24/25 | 45.8 |
Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
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.
Shropshire 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
- Headteacher
- Stuart Weston
- Address
- Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
- Telephone
- 01299270312