Our Approach

Fostering Intellectual Curiosity

At King’s Worcester we seek to create an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, and a lifetime’s love of learning for every pupil. The school nurtures a desire to learn, enabling pupils to achieve remarkable academic success, and this is evident in outstanding public examination results which place King’s as one of the leading independent schools in the region.

Worcester’s highest-ranked independent school

In 2022 King’s Worcester was named in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2022, as one of the Top 10 independent secondary schools in the West Midlands. King’s is the only Worcester school to be named in the Top 10 and is ranked an inspiring 153rd in the national table out of 900 independent secondary schools. The Parent Power 2022 report is the 29^th edition of The Sunday Times guide to Britain’s highest-achieving primary and secondary schools in the state and independent sectors.

Lower and Middle Years Curriculum

All pupils study a broad academic curriculum in Years 7 and 8 and then have the opportunity to shape elements of their curriculum in Year 9. In Years 10 and 11, King’s pupils study for ten I/GCSE qualifications including three optional subjects and a core of English Literature and English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and a modern foreign language.

In the Sixth Form, pupils can choose to study a wide range of subjects at A-level including subjects not offered at I/GCSE, such as Economics, Business, Computing, PE, and Politics. Sixth Form pupils also benefit from the Key Skills programme under which they are able to complete the very popular EPQ or Gold Arts Award qualifications.

Academic Excellence

The pupils achieve very highly in public examinations. Our pupils achieve exceptional results within a caring, vibrant, and diverse environment which encourages mutual respect and integration.

Good results are achieved by our small class sizes, teachers who are well qualified and passionate about their subjects, and by ensuring that pupils are well challenged and given the best opportunity to achieve their very best.

At I/GCSE in 2022, 73% of entries were graded 9-7 (or equivalent), with 30% A*/9 grades. There were outstanding results in creative subjects, with 9-7 grades achieved by 94% of pupils in Art, 88% of pupils in DT. In addition, King’s pupils also excelled in STEM subjects, where well over 300 9-7 grades were awarded.

At A-level in 2022 over 55% of results were graded at A*-A and 80% were graded A*-B. There were 53 pupils whose grades were all A* or A grades, and 16 who achieved all A*. Iin the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) results were outstanding, with 63% awarded A* grades, and 87% A* – A, achieved by 38 students.

In addition to the timetabled curriculum, pupils benefit from a wide range of super-curricular academic opportunities, including weekly morning enrichment sessions, debating, Model United Nations, and subject-based societies to develop their ability to understand complex ideas.

Post-King’s

The vast majority of leavers go on to Higher Education including a large proportion who go to Russell Group universities. Over the past four years, 33 pupils have received offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge and every year a significant number receive offers to study Medicine, Dentistry, or Veterinary Science. The school has also seen a growing interest from pupils in applying for degree apprenticeship programmes, and in 2019 one leaver secured a highly sought-after degree apprenticeship with Unilever.