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Nunnery Wood Primary School

Primary · Worcester · WR5 1QE

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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

390 pupils · 93% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
41.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.nunnerywoodprimary.co.uk/
URN
145836

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 41 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.852 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. 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 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

41 places offered · 39 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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.852 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, PoolePoole · 101 miles awayGood (2019)58%
Spalding Primary AcademySpalding · 95 miles awayGood53%
Ravenhurst Primary SchoolLeicester · 52 miles awayExpected standard58%
Ferndale Primary School & NurserySwindon · 46 miles awayGood68%
Sandy Lane Primary SchoolBracknell · 81 miles awayNeeds attention52%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolGloucester · 22 miles awayGood75%
Chad Vale Primary SchoolBirmingham · 22 miles awayGood77%
Harold Court Primary SchoolRomford · 111 miles awayExpected standard63%
Didcot Primary AcademyDidcot · 56 miles awayOutstanding (2019)80%
Longfields Primary and Nursery SchoolBicester · 49 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Park Hill Junior SchoolCroydon · 106 miles awayOutstanding82%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolDidcot · 57 miles awayNot yet graded75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 53% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 19% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 7% (Worcestershire 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 5% (Worcestershire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Worcestershire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Worcestershire 3%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 0%) · 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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.02 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
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

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)

83.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.4 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 £42,594; 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£6,381
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £237,000; in-year balance +£154,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.2%62.3%
Social housing4.1%17.1%
Privately rented9.7%20.5%
Detached houses31.7%22.9%
Flats2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032308 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£322,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (75)£420,000
Semi-detached (157)£270,000
Terraced (82)£248,500
Flat (36)£136,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.37 km, 2023 entry): 575 sales, median £270,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an 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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