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St George's CofE Primary School Worcester

Primary · Worcester · WR1 1RD

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Good

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.

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

Inspected 18 October 2022

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At a glance

163 pupils · 78% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
23.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
28.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stgeorgesceprimary.org.uk
URN
116923

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 16 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
43%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school43%
Median of its 12 closest peers53.5%
Worcestershire average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Nythe Primary SchoolSwindon · 49 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Orchard Way Primary SchoolCroydon · 109 miles awayNo current grade67%
Rucstall Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 82 miles awayOutstanding90%
West Wycombe SchoolHigh Wycombe · 72 miles awayExpected standard68%
Larkhill Primary SchoolSalisbury · 72 miles awayGood50%
Carterton Primary SchoolCarterton · 41 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping NortonChipping Norton · 34 miles awayOutstanding71%
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolBristol · 50 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Shield Road Primary SchoolBristol · 51 miles awayGood38%
Wavell Community Primary SchoolCatterick Garrison · 152 miles awayGood41%
Filton Hill Primary SchoolBristol · 50 miles awayGood57%
Nelson Primary SchoolTwickenham · 95 miles awayGood59%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 59% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 9% (Worcestershire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Worcestershire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Worcestershire 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Worcestershire 0%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%)

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)
7.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.59 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
17.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,248; 20% 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£8,278
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £86,957; in-year balance +£1,407

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.5%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented29.2%20.5%
Detached houses6.1%22.9%
Flats44.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032280 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£231,000624 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£180,000–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (58)£433,000
Semi-detached (115)£290,000
Terraced (300)£240,000
Flat (151)£138,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

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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