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The De Montfort School

Academy sponsor led in Evesham, WR11 1DQ, taking ages 10 to 18, 915 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Nov 2023
1.45 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
72% Full
38.4 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.45 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.45 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

The De Montfort School: 1.45 miles, 2026/27 Bredon Hill Academy: 3.29 miles, 2026/27, published by Worcestershire

This is not a catchment area. 1.45 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When The De Montfort School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Worcestershire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Worcestershire, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where The De Montfort School and Bredon Hill Academy are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Bredon Hill Academy admitted from 3.29 miles in 2026/27, published by Worcestershire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.45 and 3.29 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Worcestershire, 19 of 104 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (18.3%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to The De Montfort School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Bengeworth CE Academy Both in reach Primary 0.99 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
Prince Henry's High School Both in reach Secondary 2.69 mi 2026/27 1.0 mi
Offenham Church of England First School Both in reach Primary 3.87 mi 2026/27 2.1 mi
Cropthorne-with-Charlton CofE First School Both in reach Primary 2.8 mi 2026/27 3.0 mi
Sedgeberrow CofE First School Both in reach Primary 2.96 mi 2026/27 3.1 mi
Bredon Hill Academy Both in reach Secondary 3.29 mi 2026/27 3.7 mi

The distance as a picture

The De Montfort School catchment area map: the 1.45 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formHas a sixth form
How full 915 pupils in 1,270 places (72% full)
TrustFOUR STONES GATEWAY TRUST
Local authorityWorcestershire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 15 November 2023
Attainment 8 38.4 (2024/25)
Meeting the expected standard 60.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 +0.15
2022/23 +0.43

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to The De Montfort School

Girls and boys49.7% girls, 50.3% boys
English as an additional language22.2% of pupils
Free school meals26.1% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where The De Montfort School's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form34.0%
Sixth-form college0.7%
Further education college49.7%
Apprenticeship6.1%
Employment4.1%
No sustained destination recorded2.7%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of The De Montfort School

Cheapest district inside the 1.45 miles: WR11, median £260,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
WR11 Wychavon 0.8 mi £260,000 156 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.45 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to The De Montfort School by bus

Best-served stop: Oak Tree Close, 0.2 mi away, with 0.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:05, last 15:19.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
De Montfort School Grounds102 yd0.40.00.1552, 553, RURAL4
Battleton Road0.1 mi0.10.00.0553
Durcott Gardens0.2 mi0.20.00.0553

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing The De Montfort School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around WR11: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at WR11 1DQ, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for The De Montfort School?

The De Montfort School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 1.45 miles away, per Worcestershire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at The De Montfort School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.45 miles was enough in 2026/27. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near The De Montfort School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Worcestershire school's distance

All Worcestershire schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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Admission distance published by Worcestershire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.