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Tibberton CofE First School

Primary · Worcester · WR9 7NL

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

71 pupils · 95% of 75 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.tibberton.worcs.sch.uk/
URN
116851

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 2.259 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.259 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (Worcestershire 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Worcestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Worcestershire 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Worcestershire: 2.70 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,670; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,813
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £45,321; in-year balance -£26,770

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.7%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented7.6%20.5%
Detached houses73.4%22.9%
Flats2.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032346 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£482,00025 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£650,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£605,000
Semi-detached (6)£295,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.64 km, 2021 entry): 689 sales, median £290,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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