St Clement's CofE Primary

St Clement’s CofE Primary is a friendly, nurturing and welcoming school where pupils love to learn. It has high expectations for pupils’ achievement and behaviour, and pupils respond well: they work hard, attend well, feel safe and treat each other with kindness and respect. The school’s personal development provision is exceptionally strong, with very effective pastoral support, careful preparation for life in modern Britain, and a wide range of enrichment and leadership opportunities. Safeguarding is effective, and staff are positive and well supported by the Rivers CofE Multi Academy Trust. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced from early years to Year 6, with regular recap helping pupils remember and connect their learning. Reading is a particular strength: phonics is taught effectively from the start, pupils read books matched to their phonics stage, and older pupils remain enthusiastic readers. Teaching routines are consistent across the school, and most pupils access new learning well. The main area for improvement is support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Learning is not always adapted sufficiently to match what these pupils know and can do, so some do not build their knowledge as well as they could. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the pandemic and its first inspection under section 5; it is part of a multi-academy trust and, under current arrangements, did not receive an overall effectiveness grade.

Strengths

• Friendly, nurturing and welcoming school culture
• High expectations for pupils’ achievement and behaviour
• Pupils feel safe and know how to stay safe online
• Strong pastoral support and family engagement
• Pupils respect difference and treat each other kindly
• Ambitious curriculum with well-sequenced knowledge
• Effective phonics teaching and a strong reading culture
• Consistent teaching routines across the school
• Pupils take on leadership roles and feel proud
• Rich enrichment and extracurricular opportunities
• Staff are positive and well supported by the trust
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Learning is not consistently adapted for pupils with SEND, so some do not build knowledge as well as they could.

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 Clement's CofE Primary attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 1.6% of pupils at St Clement's CofE Primary 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 St Clement's CofE Primary had 20.9 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, 12.6% of pupils at St Clement's CofE Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 2024–25 St Clement's CofE Primary received £6,603 and spent £6,570 for each of its 249 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £179,000 (£720 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,841 and spending £6,964 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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All schools in Worcester · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

St Clement's CofE Primary is part of The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Cherry Orchard Primary School Worcester
• Northwick Manor Primary School Worcester
• North Worcester Primary School Worcester
• Cranham Primary School Worcester
• St Peter's Droitwich CofE Academy Droitwich Spa
• Wychbold First and Nursery School Droitwich
• Great Witley CofE Primary School Worcester
• Cutnall Green CofE Primary School Droitwich
• Burlish Park Primary School Stourport-On-Severn
• Heronswood Primary School Kidderminster

What is St Clement's CofE Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Clement's CofE Primary is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Clement's CofE Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

St Clement's CofE Primary was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Clement's CofE Primary have?

St Clement's CofE Primary has 246 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Clement's CofE Primary cover?

St Clement's CofE Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Clement's CofE Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Clement's CofE Primary?

St Clement's CofE Primary is at Henwick Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR2 5NS.