These proposals were approved by Worcestershire County Council after a consultating with staff, parents, students, feeder schools and the Secretary of State for Education on 7 July 2014 (2014-07-07).

[4] After the merger, however, GCSE results for the De Montfort School in the 2015 academic year fell well below the government standard for attainment with just 32% of students achieving the baseline 5 GCSEs at C-grade and above.

[14] During their recent Ofsted inspection in October 2023, TDMS was rated a Good school [15] Lessons are taught in dedicated subject departments.

They take a common curriculum consisting of English, Mathematics, Science, Art, Design, History, Geography, Philosophy and Ethics, Music, Drama, Physical Education and Personal, Social and Health Education.

Students at this level additionally choose four optional subjects from a small range including a handful of pre-vocational and GNVQ Part 1 Courses.