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Beacon View Primary School

Primary · Malvern · WR14 2LU

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Inadequate

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.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 15 March 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Quality of education: InadequateBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: InadequateSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 March 2022

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At a glance

103 pupils · 26% of 390 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
56.7% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.groveprimarymalvern.co.uk
URN
151298

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 15 March 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Worcestershire 78%, England 60%) · Black African 7% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 7% (Worcestershire 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Worcestershire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Worcestershire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Worcestershire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Worcestershire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Worcestershire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Worcestershire 1%, England 2%)

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)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

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

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
14.7
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,038; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.2%62.3%
Social housing28.6%17.1%
Privately rented6.1%20.5%
Detached houses55.5%22.9%
Flats7.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032201 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£291,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£225,000–£375,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (115)£375,000
Semi-detached (102)£295,000
Terraced (65)£225,000
Flat (68)£174,000

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

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
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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