OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
9 April 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Worcestershire
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
230
218 full-time ·
12 part-time
Female pupils
108
47.0% of pupils
Male pupils
122
53.0% of pupils
0.0 pts
in line with England
School
24.8%
Wyre Forest
24.3%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
19.9 pts
below England
School
0.4%
Wyre Forest
6.1%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Wyre Forest
0.2%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White and Black Caribbean
2.6%
6
Any other Mixed background
1.7%
4
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
33.0%
76 of
230 pupils
12.2 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
30.0%
69 pupils
England
14.8%
15.2 pts
above
EHC plans
3.0%
7 pupils
England
6.0%
3.0 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
42
No specialist assessment yet
15
Social, emotional & mental health
8
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
Other difficulty or disability
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.18%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.04 pts
lower than
England
School
5.18%
Wyre Forest
6.58%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
10.38%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
5.43 pts
lower than
England
School
10.38%
Wyre Forest
18.22%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.55%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.26 pts
lower than
England
School
0.55%
Wyre Forest
1.85%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
109.5%
21.3 pts
above England
Cookley Sebright Primary School
109.5%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.