Somers Park Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Malvern, Worcestershire·WR14 1SE
Composite score
39.9
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#10,930
National rank
#1187
In West Midlands
#98
In Worcestershire
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
76
any preference, for 52 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6120221.0020230.9420241.0020250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Somers Park Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
607
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,501
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Somers Park Primary School at a glance

Located in Malvern, Worcestershire, Somers Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 607 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Somers Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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