Worcestershire

Median income of taxpayers by council, UK

£29,400

2023/24

Alcohol-specific deaths by council, England and Wales

16.2 per 100,000

2022 to 2024

• 2022 to 2024 16.2 per 100,000
• 2021 to 2023 15.6 per 100,000

Avoidable mortality by council, England and Wales

211.8 per 100,000

2022 to 2024

• 2022 to 2024 211.8 per 100,000
• 2021 to 2023 224.9 per 100,000

Deaths related to drug poisoning by council, England and Wales

7.30 per 100,000

2022 to 2024

• 2022 to 2024 7.30 per 100,000
• 2021 to 2023 7.90 per 100,000

Suicide rate by council, England and Wales

2023 to 2025

• Suicide rate 11.3 per 100,000
• Suicide rate: lower 95% confidence limit 9.70 per 100,000
• Suicide rate: upper 95% confidence limit 13.1 per 100,000

Suicides by council, England and Wales

59

2025

• 2025 59
• 2024 59

Absence by reason by council, England

2024/25

• Overall absence 6.94%
• Authorised absence 5.09%
• Unauthorised absence 1.85%
• Illness 3.76%
• Medical or dental appointments 0.32%
• Religious observance 0.04%
• Study leave 0.04%
• Interviews 0.01%
• Regulated performances 0.00%
• Temporary reduced timetables 0.31%
• Mobile children 0.02%
• Excluded 0.10%
• Other authorised 0.49%
• Unauthorised holidays 0.48%
• Late after registers closed 0.17%
• Other unauthorised 1.16%
• No reason yet 0.04%

Attainment 8 by council, England

43.9

Average Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 in alternative provision by council, England

4.1

Average Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 of children in need by council, England

2024/25

• Children in need: average Attainment 8 score 18.4
• On a child protection plan: average Attainment 8 score 12.7
• Looked after for 12 months: average Attainment 8 score 17.3

Children in elective home education by council, England

1,280

Children in elective home education

Children in funded early education by type of provider by council, England

January 2026

• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: all providers 11,129
• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: state-funded schools 6,062
• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: private, voluntary and independent providers 5,067
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: all providers 878
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: state-funded schools 231
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: private, voluntary and independent providers 647
• Working parents' hours: all providers 10,922
• Working parents' hours: state-funded schools 1,394
• Working parents' hours: private, voluntary and independent providers 9,528

Children missing education by council, England

160

Children missing education

Children missing education rate by council, England

0.2%

Children missing education per 100 aged 5 to 16

Children registered for funded early education by council, England

January 2026

• 3 and 4-year-olds, registered 11,129
• 3 and 4-year-olds, estimated eligible 12,015.79
• 3-year-olds, registered 5,313
• 3-year-olds, estimated eligible 5,815.77
• 4-year-olds, registered 5,816
• 4-year-olds, estimated eligible 6,200.02
• 2-year-olds, registered 878
• 2-year-olds, estimated eligible 1,122

Destinations after 16 to 18 study by council, England

2023/24

• Students completing 16 to 18 study 3,969
• Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment 3,225
• Sustained education 1,573
• Sustained apprenticeship 324
• Sustained employment 1,328
• Not sustained 580
• Activity not captured 164

Destinations after key stage 4 by council, England

2023/24

• Pupils completing key stage 4 5,827
• Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment 5,363
• Sustained education 5,011
• Sustained apprenticeship 229
• Sustained employment 123
• Not sustained 282
• Activity not captured 182

EHC plans by council, England

8,276

EHC plans

Early learning goals at the expected level per child by council, England

14.66

Goals at the expected level per child

Early years foundation stage profile results by council, England

2025/26

• Children assessed 5,708
• Good level of development 4,171
• Expected level in every goal 4,100
• Expected level in communication, language and literacy 4,257
• Expected level in no goal 217

Elective home education rate by council, England

1.5%

Children in elective home education per 100 aged 5 to 16

GCSE English and maths, grade 4 or above, by council, England

62.1%

2025/26

• 2025/26 62.1%
• 2024/25 63.1%

GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above, by council, England

41.1%

Grade 5 or above in English and maths

Good level of development at the end of reception by council, England

2025/26

• Good level of development 73.07%
• Expected level in every goal 71.83%
• Expected level in communication, language and literacy 74.58%
• Expected level in no goal 3.80%

Key stage 2 average scaled scores by council, England

2025/26

• Reading: average scaled score 105
• Maths: average scaled score 104
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: average scaled score 104

Key stage 2 pupils by council, England

2025/26

• Reading, writing and maths: pupils 6,431
• Reading, writing and maths: expected standard 3,993
• Reading, writing and maths: higher standard 452
• Reading: pupils 6,434
• Reading: expected standard 4,759
• Reading: higher standard 1,830
• Writing: pupils 6,433
• Writing: expected standard 4,718
• Writing: higher standard 712
• Maths: pupils 6,434
• Maths: expected standard 4,765
• Maths: higher standard 1,534
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: pupils 6,435
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: expected standard 4,591
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: higher standard 1,596
• Science: pupils 6,433
• Science: expected standard 5,325

Key stage 2 results by council, England

2025/26

• Reading, writing and maths: expected standard 62.0%
• Reading, writing and maths: higher standard 7.0%
• Reading: expected standard 74.0%
• Reading: higher standard 28.0%
• Writing: expected standard 73.0%
• Writing: higher standard 11.0%
• Maths: expected standard 74.0%
• Maths: higher standard 24.0%
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: expected standard 71.0%
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling: higher standard 25.0%
• Science: expected standard 83.0%

Key stage 4 in alternative provision by council, England

2025/26

• Pupils at the end of key stage 4 104
• Grade 4 or above in English and maths 1
• Grade 5 or above in English and maths 1

Key stage 4 pupils and grades by council, England

2025/26

• Pupils at the end of key stage 4 6,134
• Grade 4 or above in English and maths 3,812
• Grade 5 or above in English and maths 2,522

Key stage 4 results in alternative provision by council, England

2025/26

• Grade 4 or above in English and maths 1.0%
• Grade 5 or above in English and maths 1.0%

Key stage 4 results of children in need by council, England

2024/25

• Children in need: pupils at the end of key stage 4 83
• Children in need: grade 4 or above in English and maths 11
• Children in need: grade 5 or above in English and maths suppressed (c)
• Children in need: entering the EBacc 8
• On a child protection plan: pupils at the end of key stage 4 18
• On a child protection plan: grade 4 or above in English and maths not available (x)
• On a child protection plan: grade 5 or above in English and maths not available (x)
• On a child protection plan: entering the EBacc not available (x)
• Looked after for 12 months: pupils at the end of key stage 4 57
• Looked after for 12 months: grade 4 or above in English and maths 8
• Looked after for 12 months: grade 5 or above in English and maths suppressed (c)
• Looked after for 12 months: entering the EBacc not available (x)

Key stage 4 results of children in need by council, England (shares)

2024/25

• Children in need: grade 4 or above in English and maths 13.3%
• Children in need: grade 5 or above in English and maths suppressed (c)
• Children in need: entering the EBacc 9.6%
• On a child protection plan: grade 4 or above in English and maths not available (x)
• On a child protection plan: grade 5 or above in English and maths not available (x)
• On a child protection plan: entering the EBacc not available (x)
• Looked after for 12 months: grade 4 or above in English and maths 14.0%
• Looked after for 12 months: grade 5 or above in English and maths suppressed (c)
• Looked after for 12 months: entering the EBacc not available (x)

Multiplication tables check average score by council, England

20.8

Average score

Multiplication tables check by council, England

2024/25

• Took the check 96.0%
• Did not take the check 4.0%
• Absent 0.0%
• Just arrived 0.0%
• Unable to take part 0.0%
• Working below the curriculum's expectation 3.0%
• Reason missing 0.0%

Multiplication tables check pupils by council, England

2024/25

• Eligible pupils 6,462
• Took the check 6,224
• Did not take the check 238
• Absent 18
• Just arrived 0
• Unable to take part 22
• Working below the curriculum's expectation 197
• Reason missing 0

New EHC plans and those issued within 20 weeks by council, England

2025

• Plans issued, excluding exceptions 1,548
• Within 20 weeks, excluding exceptions 1,024
• Plans issued, including exceptions 1,565
• Within 20 weeks, including exceptions 1,034

New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks by council, England

2025

• Excluding exceptions 66.15%
• Including exceptions 66.07%

Persistent absence so far this school year by council, England

2025/26 to week 30 of 2026

• All schools 19.22%
• Primary schools 13.23%
• Secondary schools 24.19%
• Special schools 35.89%

Persistent and severe absence by council, England

2024/25

• Persistently absent 18.22%
• Severely absent 2.52%

Persistently and severely absent pupils by council, England

2024/25

• Enrolments 71,918
• Persistently absent 13,103
• Severely absent 1,815

Phonics screening check pupils by council, England

2025/26

• Year 1: pupils 5,641
• Year 1: expected standard 4,650
• Year 1: working towards 800
• Year 1: absent 12
• Year 1: disapplied 179
• By the end of Year 2: pupils 6,051
• By the end of Year 2: expected standard 5,492
• By the end of Year 2: working towards 424
• By the end of Year 2: absent 11
• By the end of Year 2: disapplied 124

Phonics screening check results by council, England

2025/26

• Year 1: expected standard 82.0%
• Year 1: working towards 14.0%
• Year 1: absent 0.0%
• Year 1: disapplied 3.0%
• By the end of Year 2: expected standard 91.0%
• By the end of Year 2: working towards 7.0%
• By the end of Year 2: absent 0.0%
• By the end of Year 2: disapplied 2.0%

Progression to higher education or training by council, England

2022/23

• Level 3 students 3,084
• Level 4 or higher 1,837
• A degree 1,662
• A level 4 or 5 course 72
• A higher apprenticeship 103
• A top third university 415

Providers of funded early education by council, England

January 2026

• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: all providers 481
• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: state-funded schools 186
• 3 and 4-year-olds' universal hours: private, voluntary and independent providers 295
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: all providers 206
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: state-funded schools 29
• Early learning for 2-year-olds: private, voluntary and independent providers 177
• Working parents' hours: all providers 456
• Working parents' hours: state-funded schools 82
• Working parents' hours: private, voluntary and independent providers 374

Pupils eligible for free school meals by council, England

20.82%

2025/26

• 2025/26 20.82%
• 2024/25 20.54%

Requests for an EHC needs assessment by council, England

2025

• Requests 1,973
• Decided to assess 1,548
• Decided not to assess 297

Retention in 16 to 18 study by council, England

2024/25

• A levels: retained 93.51%
• A levels: retained and assessed 92.75%
• A levels: returned for a second year 92.23%
• Academic qualifications: retained 93.51%
• Academic qualifications: retained and assessed 92.75%
• Academic qualifications: returned for a second year 92.18%
• Applied general qualifications: retained 87.14%
• Applied general qualifications: retained and assessed 84.57%
• Applied general qualifications: returned for a second year 78.48%
• Tech levels: retained 76.92%
• Tech levels: retained and assessed 62.64%
• Tech levels: returned for a second year 64.83%
• Technical certificates: retained 82.98%
• Technical certificates: retained and assessed 73.40%

Sessions missed by reason by council, England

2024/25

• Possible sessions 25,658,037
• Overall absence 1,781,645
• Authorised absence 1,307,166
• Unauthorised absence 474,479
• Illness 965,373
• Medical or dental appointments 82,858
• Religious observance 9,589
• Study leave 9,824
• Interviews 3,456
• Regulated performances 660
• Temporary reduced timetables 78,646
• Mobile children 5,329
• Excluded 26,425
• Other authorised 125,006
• Unauthorised holidays 122,975
• Late after registers closed 43,660
• Other unauthorised 297,956
• No reason yet 9,889

Share of EHC needs assessment requests decided to assess by council, England

2025

• Decided to assess 78.5%
• Decided not to assess 15.1%

Share of children in need with special educational needs by council, England

2024/25

• Children in need: with special educational needs 54.8%
• Children in need: with an EHC plan 30.8%
• Children in need: on SEN support 23.9%
• Children in need: with no special educational needs 45.2%
• On a child protection plan: with special educational needs 46.5%
• On a child protection plan: with an EHC plan 15.6%
• On a child protection plan: on SEN support 30.9%
• On a child protection plan: with no special educational needs 53.5%
• Looked after for 12 months: with special educational needs 56.8%
• Looked after for 12 months: with an EHC plan 25.7%
• Looked after for 12 months: on SEN support 31.1%
• Looked after for 12 months: with no special educational needs 43.2%

Share progressing to higher education or training by council, England

2022/23

• Level 4 or higher 59.6%
• A degree 53.9%
• A level 4 or 5 course 2.3%
• A higher apprenticeship 3.3%
• A top third university 13.5%

Special educational needs of children in need by council, England

2024/25

• Children in need: pupils 1,041
• Children in need: with special educational needs 570
• Children in need: with an EHC plan 321
• Children in need: on SEN support 249
• Children in need: with no special educational needs 471
• On a child protection plan: pupils 333
• On a child protection plan: with special educational needs 155
• On a child protection plan: with an EHC plan 52
• On a child protection plan: on SEN support 103
• On a child protection plan: with no special educational needs 178
• Looked after for 12 months: pupils 556
• Looked after for 12 months: with special educational needs 316
• Looked after for 12 months: with an EHC plan 143
• Looked after for 12 months: on SEN support 173
• Looked after for 12 months: with no special educational needs 240

Students in 16 to 18 study by council, England

2024/25

• A levels: students 1,972
• A levels: on a two-year programme 1,969
• Academic qualifications: students 1,973
• Academic qualifications: on a two-year programme 1,970
• Applied general qualifications: students 1,011
• Applied general qualifications: on a two-year programme 999
• Tech levels: students 91
• Tech levels: on a two-year programme 91
• Technical certificates: students 94

Sustained destinations after 16 to 18 study by council, England

2023/24

• Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment 81.3%
• Sustained education 39.6%
• Sustained apprenticeship 8.2%
• Sustained employment 33.5%
• Not sustained 14.6%
• Activity not captured 4.1%

Sustained destinations after key stage 4 by council, England

2023/24

• Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment 92.0%
• Sustained education 86.0%
• Sustained apprenticeship 3.9%
• Sustained employment 2.1%
• Not sustained 4.8%
• Activity not captured 3.1%

Take-up of funded early education by council, England

January 2026

• 3 and 4-year-olds 92.62%
• 3-year-olds 91.36%
• 4-year-olds 93.81%
• 2-year-olds 78.25%

Green Homes Grant and Home Upgrade Grant by council, England

Nov 2025

• LAD 1: households signed up excluded pending verification
• LAD 1: measures installed 224
• LAD 1: households upgraded 219
• LAD 2: households signed up 403
• LAD 2: measures installed 344
• LAD 2: households upgraded 204
• LAD 3: households signed up excluded pending verification
• LAD 3: measures installed 220
• LAD 3: households upgraded 151
• HUG 1: households signed up 26
• HUG 1: measures installed 41
• HUG 1: households upgraded 26
• HUG 2: measures installed 364
• HUG 2: households upgraded 165

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund by council, England

Aug 2026

• Wave 1: measures installed 84
• Wave 1: households upgraded 33
• Wave 2.1: measures installed 1,608
• Wave 2.1: households upgraded 404
• Wave 2.2: measures installed 0
• Wave 2.2: households upgraded 0

Average house price by council, UK

£288,772

Aug 2026

• Aug 2026 £288,772
• Aug 2025 £286,437

Homes on the council tax list by council, England and Wales

281,080

2026

Households in fuel poverty by council, England

10.63%

2024

Net additional homes by council, England

2,074

2024/25

• 2024/25 2,074
• 2023/24 1,986

Claimant count, the UK's councils

11,280

Sep 2026

• Sep 2026 11,280
• Sep 2025 11,030

Median weekly pay, Great Britain's councils

£654.20

2026

Motor vehicle traffic by highway authority, Great Britain

4,665 million vehicle miles

2025

• 2025 4,665 million vehicle miles
• 2024 4,594 million vehicle miles

Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

13,410

2025/26

• 2025/26 13,410
• 2023/24 11,030

Families getting Child Benefit by council, UK

60,575

Aug 2025

Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

10,080

2025/26

• 2025/26 10,080
• 2023/24 8,420

Re-referrals to children's social care by council, England

2024/25

• Re-referrals within 12 months 17.8%
• Children re-referred within 12 months 17.3%
• No further action 3.6%
• Assessed as not in need 32.9%

Referrals to children's social care by council, England

2024/25

• Referrals 4,805
• Children referred 4,381
• Re-referrals within 12 months 856
• Children re-referred within 12 months 760
• No further action 171
• Assessed as not in need 1,582

Population of the UK's councils

624,209

Mid-2025

• Mid-2025 624,209
• Mid-2024 620,714