The Aspire Academy
The Aspire Academy is a free schools alternative provision in Worcester for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 42 pupils and room for 120. About 69 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Bridgwater Road, Worcester, WR4 9FQ01905 455422theaspireacademy.org.ukMr Simon Stevenson headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 28 June 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Worcestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (40), Specific learning difficulty (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 42 | 41 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 69% | 49% | 41% | 13% | 43% | 40% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 5% | 0% | 6% | 14% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 63% | 88% | 0% | 57% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 17% | 6% | 0% | 29% | 40% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 17 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 39%, compared with – for everyone else.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 300 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Warndon | Academy | 1.0 miles | 537 | Outstanding 2022 | 68 | Compare |
| Tibberton CofE First School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 71 | No overall grade 2025 | 68 | Compare |
| The Lyppard Grange Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 418 | Report card 2026 | 59 | Compare |
| Cranham Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 396 | Not inspected | 34 | Compare |
| Carnforth School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 178 | Report card 2026 | 31 | Compare |
| Regency High School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 323 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hindlip CofE First School | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 92 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Aspire Academy a good school?
The Aspire Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in June 2023.
What is The Aspire Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Aspire Academy good at its last full inspection on 28 June 2023.
How many pupils does The Aspire Academy have?
42 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 120 places, so it is 35% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bridgwater Road, Worcester, WR4 9FQ
- Telephone
- 01905 455422
- Website
- www.theaspireacademy.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Stevenson
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- St Nicholas
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2014 (new provision)
- URN
- 141034 · LAESTAB 8851110 · UKPRN 10046649
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.