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Wyre Forest School

Special schoolAges 4–19CommunitySixth form

Kidderminster, DY11 6FA · Worcestershire local authority

Kidderminster’s School Grade D better than 12% of towns in England

How full
389 pupils
122% of its 320 places
Free school meals
41%
41 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Wyre Forest School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 389 pupils for 320 places
  • 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DY11 6) sold for a median £216,000; Kidderminster’s is £230,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

372 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for Wyre Forest School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, December 2019. Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, June 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Wyre Forest School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DY11 6, the school’s postcode sector

Kidderminster property prices →
£216,000
median sale, 537 sales in 36 months · Kidderminster £230,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DY11 6Kidderminster
DY11 6Kidderminster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£385K
Semi-detached
£231K
Terraced
£168K
Flat
£123K
DY11 6Kidderminster

Homes in DY11 6 sell for a little under Kidderminster’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−A−D−CC+C+D−D−CDDB−AWyre Forest School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Kidderminster, DY11 6FA

Wyre Forest School: common questions

What is Wyre Forest School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).

How much do houses cost near Wyre Forest School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DY11 6, sold for a median £216,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (537 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Kidderminster’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.