Malvern Wells CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Malvern Wells, Worcestershire·WR14 4HF
Composite score
39.5
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#11,080
National rank
#1198
In West Midlands
#99
In Worcestershire
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
15 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 15 places
Last place offered lived
3.32 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 5341 m
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
92
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,602
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Malvern Wells CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 92 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Malvern Wells CofE Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Malvern Wells CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 3.32 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 13.3 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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