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Suckley Primary School

Primary · Worcester · WR6 5DE

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Outstanding

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 May 2025

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At a glance

95 pupils · 119% of 80 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.suckleyschool.co.uk/
URN
136983

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.57 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3.016 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 20 May 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.57 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 3.016 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.016 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Out of area - with sibling
6.026 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
Worcestershire average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Sithney Community Primary SchoolHelston · 189 miles awayGood46%
Brown Clee CofE Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 24 miles awayGood18%
Clifford Primary SchoolClifford · 28 miles awayGood94%
Whitstone Primary SchoolHolsworthy · 131 miles awayGood31%
Barrow 1618 CofE Free SchoolBroseley · 30 miles awayGood77%
Jacobstow Community AcademyBude · 135 miles awayGood67%
South Marston Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 49 miles awayNo current grade60%
Greatham CofE Primary SchoolHartlepool · 178 miles awayStrong standard100%
Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, StaxtonScarborough · 162 miles awayGood68%
Brede Primary SchoolRye · 154 miles awayExpected standard100%
Scarcliffe Primary SchoolChesterfield · 87 miles awayNot yet graded85%
Crowan Primary SchoolCamborne · 186 miles awayGood90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Worcestershire 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Worcestershire 5%, England 7%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
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
25
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £52,582; 42.9% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,816
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £77,000; in-year balance +£61,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.5%62.3%
Social housing11%17.1%
Privately rented10.5%20.5%
Detached houses64.9%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032179 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£580,50018 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£341,000–£757,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£620,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.85 km, 2024 entry): 116 sales, median £517,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
0a 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
2a 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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