Blackminster Middle School

Community school·Primary school Evesham, Worcestershire·WR11 8TG
Composite score
31.7
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#13,125
National rank
#1397
In West Midlands
#113
In Worcestershire
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
38%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
10–13
Pupils on roll
253
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,727
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Blackminster Middle School

Blackminster Middle School is a primary school in Evesham, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 253 pupils aged 10 to 13 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 9.4%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Blackminster Middle School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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