Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College A GSG School
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Timberdine Avenue
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2XD - Head: Mr Greg McClarey
- T 01905 352615
- F 01905 763 041
- E [email protected]
- W www.blessededward.co.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 16.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Worcestershire
- Pupils: 1,059
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2
- 1 Short inspection 23rd March 2022
- 2 Full inspection 7th February 2013
Short inspection reports only give an overall grade; you have to read the report itself to gauge whether the detailed grading from the earlier full inspection still stands.
- Previous Ofsted grade: Satisfactory on 13th October 2010
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Known locally for its warm and welcoming feel that parents liken to ‘an extended family’. Teachers are described as ‘committed’ and ‘supportive’. ‘It’s obvious they want to do their best by the kids,’ said a parent. The ones we saw put real effort into keeping things interactive and animated, including a particularly dynamic geography teacher. ‘His lessons are so good!’ said a student. Art, design and tech are exceptional, with fine art, graphics, photography, 3D design, systems and control, food tech and textiles all available at GCSE. The dedicated classrooms seem endless, where we saw everything from…
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Head
Since September 2017, Greg McClarey BSc MEd PGCE, who joined the school in 1997 as a science teacher, later becoming head of year, assistant head and deputy head prior to becoming Blessed’s fourth headteacher. Before that, he was at Aylestone High School in Hereford, where he started his teaching career as head of biology and head of house. Attended Limavady Grammar School in Northern Ireland and studied chemistry at John Moores University, Liverpool.
Softly spoken (‘I’ve never heard him raise his voice,’ say students) and wholly unaffected, he clearly relishes running this caring school where he does the break and lunch rounds in his red jacket (‘all the supervising staff wear them so that students see we’re here watching and available’) and with his famous litter-picking stick (‘I try to...
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