St Egwin's CofE Middle School

St Egwin’s CofE Middle School is performing well overall. Inspectors found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all to be good, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is described as inclusive, calm and purposeful, with high ambitions for all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils achieve well, behave generally well, enjoy school, and are very well prepared for their next steps through a broad curriculum, strong pastoral care and a wide extra-curricular offer. The curriculum is ambitious and well structured, teachers have strong subject knowledge, and support for pupils with SEND and for reading is particularly effective. Pupils benefit from strong personal development, character education and careers advice. Staff are proud to work at the school and believe leaders care about their workload and well-being. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade was given. The main area for improvement concerns a small number of pupils who find it difficult to consistently meet the school’s high behaviour expectations. Some of these pupils are suspended more often than their peers and miss valuable learning time, and the school does not yet have a clear, systematic approach to help them catch up. A small number of pupils also remain persistently absent, although the school supports these pupils and their families well and attendance is improving.

Strengths

• Inclusive school with high ambitions for all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum across a wide range of subjects
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and adapt teaching to address gaps and challenges
• Swift and effective support for pupils with SEND, including training for staff
• Strong reading provision that improves pupils’ accuracy and fluency
• High expectations of behaviour with generally strong conduct and respectful relationships
• Very strong pastoral care and nurture for pupils
• Pupils enjoy school and attend regularly
• Effective support for persistently absent pupils and their families
• Strong personal, social and health education and character development
• Wide range of extra-curricular clubs, trips, residentials and visits
• Effective advice and preparation for pupils’ next stages of education and careers
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Staff are proud to work at the school and feel leaders care about their workload and well-being

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of pupils struggle to consistently meet high behaviour expectations and are suspended more often, missing valuable learning time
• The school does not have a clear and systematic approach to help suspended pupils catch up on missed learning
• A small number of pupils remain persistently absent, although support is helping improve attendance

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 St Egwin's CofE Middle School attended 91.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 3.8% of pupils at St Egwin's CofE Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 St Egwin's CofE Middle School had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 11.2% of pupils at St Egwin's CofE Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Egwin's CofE Middle School received £7,666 and spent £7,741 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £252,000 (£575 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 St Egwin's CofE Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Egwin's CofE Middle School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Egwin's CofE Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Egwin's CofE Middle School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Egwin's CofE Middle School have?

St Egwin's CofE Middle School has 438 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Egwin's CofE Middle School cover?

St Egwin's CofE Middle School for pupils aged 10 to 13.

What are St Egwin's CofE Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Egwin's CofE Middle School?

St Egwin's CofE Middle School is at Worcester Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4JU.