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Martley CofE Primary School

Primary · Worcester · WR6 6QA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 November 2023

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At a glance

160 pupils · 114% of 140 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
16.5% of pupils
English as additional language
1.4% of pupils
SEN support
21.4% of pupils
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.martleyceprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
147499

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.287 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Sutton Benger Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham · 52 miles awayGood85%
St Mary and St John CofE VA Primary SchoolOakham, Rutland · 78 miles awayGood40%
Blackmore Primary SchoolIngatestone · 120 miles awayExpected standard55%
St Lawrence Primary SchoolLeatherhead · 107 miles awayGood66%
Lower Halstow Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 142 miles awayGood33%
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury · 137 miles awayGood86%
Hallbrook Primary SchoolBroughton Astley · 52 miles awayExpected standard67%
Misterton Primary and Nursery SchoolDoncaster · 104 miles awayGood68%
Southwick Church of England Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 65 miles awayGood62%
Cherry Garden Primary SchoolBristol · 56 miles awayNot yet graded75%
Ipplepen Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 133 miles awayGood68%
Smallwood CofE Primary SchoolSandbach · 62 miles awayGood43%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,579
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.2%62.3%
Social housing13.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.3%20.5%
Detached houses60.8%22.9%
Flats7.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01032199 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,656 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,00034 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£321,000–£580,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£537,000
Semi-detached (8)£253,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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