Elmley Castle CofE First School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Pershore (Worcestershire).
KS2 RWM expected
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not published
Reading expected
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not published
Maths expected
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not published
Writing expected
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not published
Attendance rate
95.4%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
16.6
▼ 4.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
3.8%
▼ 21pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
66%
79 / 120 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Worcestershire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 4.6% | joint 10,123rd highest of 16,262 (55 schools have the same figure) | joint 96th highest of 175 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 1.2% | joint 8,843rd highest of 16,262 (119 schools have the same figure) | joint 87th highest of 175 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 1.1% | joint 5,695th highest of 16,268 (62 schools have the same figure) | 68th highest of 174 |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 1.1 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 3.8% | joint 16,207th highest of 16,710 (34 schools have the same figure) | 168th highest of 180 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 21.5% | joint 6,030th highest of 16,706 (78 schools have the same figure) | 86th highest of 180 |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 15.2% | joint 7,986th highest of 16,706 (108 schools have the same figure) | 99th highest of 180 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 6.3% | joint 2,713th highest of 16,706 (85 schools have the same figure) | joint 43rd highest of 180 (5 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 5.3 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 6 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 6.3 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 16.5 | joint 14,204th highest of 16,147 (77 schools have the same figure) | joint 145th highest of 174 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 7.5 | joint 15,020th highest of 16,163 (93 schools have the same figure) | joint 154th highest of 174 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 18.9% | joint 5,041st highest of 16,165 (50 schools have the same figure) | joint 49th highest of 174 (3 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 28.6% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 0.6 | - | - |
| Places | 2023/24 | 90 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 86 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 4.4% | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 14/04/2026 (school year 2025/26): Report card (no overall grade)
- 09/10/2012 (school year 2012/13): Good
- 21/09/2010 (school year 2010/11): Requires improvement
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence4.6% 2024/25
This school
3.1%
2016/17
4.9%
2017/18
5.1%
2018/19
2.4%
2020/21
9.1%
2021/22
6.3%
2022/23
6.3%
2023/24
4.6%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence1.2% 2024/25
This school
0.9%
2016/17
1.3%
2017/18
2.6%
2018/19
0.4%
2020/21
0.8%
2021/22
0.9%
2022/23
2%
2023/24
1.2%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once1.1% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0%
2018/19
0%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0%
2023/24
1.1%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.1 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.0
2018/19
0.0
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.0
2022/23
0.0
2023/24
1.1
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)3.8% 2025/26
This school
7.3%
2019/20
4.3%
2020/21
7.2%
2021/22
3.8%
2022/23
6.7%
2023/24
5.7%
2024/25
3.8%
2025/26
Any SEN21.5% 2025/26
This school
14.5%
2019/20
12.9%
2020/21
15.9%
2021/22
11.4%
2022/23
16.9%
2023/24
12.5%
2024/25
21.5%
2025/26
SEN support15.2% 2025/26
This school
10.9%
2019/20
8.6%
2020/21
13%
2021/22
10.1%
2022/23
13.5%
2023/24
9.1%
2024/25
15.2%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans6.3% 2025/26
This school
3.6%
2019/20
4.3%
2020/21
2.9%
2021/22
1.3%
2022/23
3.4%
2023/24
3.4%
2024/25
6.3%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)5.3 2024/25
This school
3.0
2017/18
4.0
2018/19
3.8
2019/20
4.2
2020/21
3.8
2021/22
4.8
2022/23
5.0
2023/24
5.3
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)6 2024/25
This school
3
2017/18
4
2018/19
5
2019/20
5
2020/21
5
2021/22
6
2022/23
6
2023/24
6
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)6.3 2024/25
This school
2.4
2017/18
2.1
2018/19
3.8
2019/20
3.8
2020/21
4.5
2021/22
3.7
2022/23
6.1
2023/24
6.3
2024/25
Pupils per teacher16.5 2024/25
This school
12.7
2017/18
11.8
2018/19
14.5
2019/20
15.8
2020/21
18.1
2021/22
16.4
2022/23
17.7
2023/24
16.5
2024/25
Pupils per adult7.5 2024/25
This school
7.1
2017/18
7.7
2018/19
7.2
2019/20
8.3
2020/21
8.3
2021/22
9.2
2022/23
8.0
2023/24
7.5
2024/25
Teacher turnover18.9% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
25%
2018/19
27.8%
2019/20
14.3%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
48%
2023/24
18.9%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence28.6% 2024/25
This school
0%
2018/19
83.3%
2022/23
42.9%
2023/24
28.6%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)0.6 2024/25
This school
0.0
2018/19
4.7
2022/23
1.0
2023/24
0.6
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places90 2023/24
This school
90
2015/16
90
2016/17
90
2017/18
90
2018/19
90
2020/21
90
2021/22
90
2022/23
90
2023/24
Pupils86 2023/24
This school
33
2015/16
35
2016/17
39
2017/18
50
2018/19
61
2020/21
72
2021/22
80
2022/23
86
2023/24
Unfilled places4.4% 2023/24
This school
63.3%
2015/16
61.1%
2016/17
56.7%
2017/18
44.4%
2018/19
32.2%
2020/21
20%
2021/22
11.1%
2022/23
4.4%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 3.1% | 4.9% | 5.1% | - | 2.4% | 9.1% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 4.6% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2.6% | - | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2% | 1.2% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.1% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 7.3% | 4.3% | 7.2% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 14.5% | 12.9% | 15.9% | 11.4% | 16.9% | 12.5% | 21.5% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 10.9% | 8.6% | 13% | 10.1% | 13.5% | 9.1% | 15.2% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 6.3% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 6.3 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 10.0 | 10.0 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 16.5 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 7.5 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 33.3% | 0% | 55.6% | 0% | 25% | 27.8% | 14.3% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 18.9% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | - | - | - | - | 0% | - | - | - | 83.3% | 42.9% | 28.6% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | - | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | - |
| Places | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | - |
| Pupils | 38 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 50 | - | 61 | 72 | 80 | 86 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 57.8% | 63.3% | 61.1% | 56.7% | 44.4% | - | 32.2% | 20% | 11.1% | 4.4% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 4.6% | 2024/25 | Higher than 37% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 45% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 1.1% | 2024/25 | Higher than 65% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 16.6 | 2025/26 | Higher than 13% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 6.6 | 2025/26 | Higher than 3% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 18.9% | 2024/25 | Higher than 69% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 0.6 | 2024/25 | Higher than 7% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 3.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 3% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 21.5% | 2025/26 | Higher than 64% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 6.3% | 2025/26 | Higher than 83% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 2025/26 | Higher than 0% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 79 | year not recorded | Higher than 8% of schools | 16,437 |
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