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Christopher Whitehead Language College

Academy converter secondary school in Worcester (Worcestershire).

Attainment 8
47.3
▲ 1.1 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
43%
▼ 3pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
90.6%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
14.7
▼ 2.0 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
22.5%
▼ 5pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
6.4%
▼ 8pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
104%
1,580 / 1,525 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected May 2023

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).

Christopher Whitehead Language College is a secondary school located in Worcester, Worcestershire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,596 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,525. It is part of the CHRISTOPHER WHITEHEAD LANGUAGE COLLEGE. The school is led by Mrs Catherine Clark.

Enrichment

8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Cooking
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Football
  • Mandarin
  • Photography
  • Textiles

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
  • Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion

Key facts

URN
136890
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Worcestershire
Constituency
Worcester
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (18 current, 6 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

17 governors are linked to a profile (15 confirmed, 2 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Kirsten Reeves Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Jon Hall (likely)TrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2028
Mrs Catherine Clark Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025
Mrs Catherine Janet Clark Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Mrs Nadia Owen Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Paul Ryan Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2028
Mr Greg FreemanChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Mrs Samantha De AbreuTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2024 · until 2028
Debbie EvansMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Phil BradfordMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Jennifer Barnes Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Graham Evans Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Stephen Minchin Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Jennifer Barnes Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Julie Swan Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Suzanne Lawson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2018 · until 2030
Mrs Susan Fairman Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2013 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Graham Patrick Evans Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2011 · until 2029
Jon Hall (likely) FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Anne Eyre Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Hannah Davies Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · term ended 2026
Bronwen Williams Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · term ended 2026
Chris Flanders (likely) FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Kirsten Reeves Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2022 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record