Walkwood Church of England Middle School

Walkwood Church of England Middle School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters a supportive and caring environment where pupils are encouraged to enjoy learning and achieve across a broad curriculum. Strong relationships between staff and students contribute to a sense of safety and well-being, with effective measures in place for safeguarding and peer support. The school offers a wide range of enrichment activities that help pupils build character and leadership skills, further enhancing their educational experience.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and teachers
• Wide range of clubs and enrichment opportunities
• Ambitious and broad curriculum for all pupils
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Strong focus on reading across the curriculum
• Dedicated time for pupils' spiritual and social education
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment information by teachers
• Some lessons do not enable pupils to achieve curriculum aims effectively

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 Walkwood Church of England Middle School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.1% 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, 3.9% of pupils at Walkwood Church of England Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Walkwood Church of England Middle School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Walkwood Church of England Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.5% 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 2024–25 Walkwood Church of England Middle School received £6,746 and spent £6,307 for each of its 662 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £39,000 (£59 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Walkwood Church of England Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Walkwood Church of England Middle School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Walkwood Church of England Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Walkwood Church of England Middle School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Walkwood Church of England Middle School have?

Walkwood Church of England Middle School has 627 pupils on roll.

What age range does Walkwood Church of England Middle School cover?

Walkwood Church of England Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Walkwood Church of England Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Walkwood Church of England Middle School?

Walkwood Church of England Middle School is at Feckenham Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5AQ.