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St Luke's CofE First School

Primary · Redditch · B97 4NU

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

138 pupils · 92% of 150 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
21% of pupils
Website
https://www.stlukesfirst.worcs.sch.uk/
URN
150742

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.7%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.2
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£4,125
Typical primary school£6,960

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.

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