Ombersley Endowed First School

Ombersley Endowed First School is a happy, nurturing and inclusive school where most pupils achieve well and relationships are strong. Inspectors found good provision in quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, with effective safeguarding and very strong support for pupils with SEND. Personal development and reading are notable strengths, and pupils benefit from a broad curriculum, clubs, visits and leadership opportunities. The main area for improvement is early years provision. The curriculum does not clearly define the essential knowledge and skills children should learn and by when, and activities do not consistently build on prior knowledge or address learning gaps. This limits children’s progress and their preparation for Year 1. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it received a graded inspection without an overall effectiveness grade. Staff feel valued and well supported, parents are positive, and leaders and governors are committed to doing the right thing for children and families.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, confident and well cared for in a nurturing and inclusive environment.
• Pupils with SEND are very well supported, with staff understanding their barriers to learning.
• Pupils behave well and treat each other and adults with respect.
• Pastoral care and mental health support are strong, with close work with families and external services.
• The curriculum from Year 1 onwards is broad and logically sequenced, with pupils achieving particularly well in mathematics and physical education.
• Reading is central to the school’s ethos, with high-quality diverse texts and a consistent phonics programme.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and address misconceptions quickly.
• Personal development is a strength, promoting diversity, tolerance, respect, financial education and mental health awareness.
• The school offers enriching clubs, visits and leadership opportunities.
• Staff feel valued and well supported, with high-quality professional development.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• The early years curriculum does not clearly define the essential knowledge and skills children should learn and by when.
• Early years learning does not consistently build on what children already know and can do.
• Early years activities are interesting but do not always build effectively on prior learning.
• Early years staff do not always identify and address learning gaps effectively, which limits children’s progress and preparation for Year 1.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ombersley Endowed First School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.6% of pupils at Ombersley Endowed First School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ombersley Endowed First School had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.3% of pupils at Ombersley Endowed First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Ombersley Endowed First School received £9,152 and spent £9,467 for each of its 131 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £10,000 (-£75 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Ombersley Endowed First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ombersley Endowed First School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Ombersley Endowed First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ombersley Endowed First School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Ombersley Endowed First School have?

Ombersley Endowed First School has 131 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ombersley Endowed First School cover?

Ombersley Endowed First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Ombersley Endowed First School?

Ombersley Endowed First School is at School Bank, Ombersley, Worcestershire, WR9 0DR.