Defford-Cum-Besford CofE School
Primary · Worcester · WR8 9BH
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 25 April 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
54 pupils · 90% of 60 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 5–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.deffordschool.co.uk
- URN
- 116802
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place11 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 April 2023: Good
- 4 March 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 20 October 2015: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.