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Inkberrow Primary School

Primary · Worcester · WR7 4HH

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 1 April 2025

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At a glance

196 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.inkberrowprimary.worcs.sch.uk
URN
144859

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 2.316 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 April 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 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 2.316 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
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
Warnham CofE Primary SchoolHorsham · 105 miles awayGood (2019)48%
Kea Community Primary SchoolTruro · 191 miles awayGood57%
Tiptree Heath Primary SchoolColchester · 119 miles awayNo current grade47%
Oxenhope CofE Primary SchoolKeighley · 110 miles awayGood67%
Belbroughton CofE Primary SchoolStourbridge · 13 miles awayGood (2015)74%
Purleigh Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · 118 miles awayGood74%
Bledlow Ridge SchoolHigh Wycombe · 61 miles awayGood70%
Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary SchoolSheffield · 84 miles awayGood76%
Walford Nursery & Primary SchoolRoss-on-Wye · 35 miles awayOutstanding84%
Garswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWigan · 93 miles awayStrong standard70%
Cubert Primary SchoolNewquay · 186 miles awayRequires improvement65%
Ashperton Primary AcademyLedbury · 25 miles awayGood60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 99% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.8%
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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £48,819; 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,594
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£38,000; in-year balance +£23,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.6%62.3%
Social housing10.4%17.1%
Privately rented8.1%20.5%
Detached houses66.7%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032393 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,00057 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£557,000
Semi-detached (11)£336,000
Terraced (7)£300,000

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 (3.73 km, 2021 entry): 97 sales, median £550,000. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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