St George's CofE School

St George’s CofE School is performing at a good level across all areas assessed, including education quality, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school's warm environment fosters positive relationships, where staff know pupils and their families well, and actively promote safety and well-being. Leaders from the Black Pear Trust have implemented an ambitious curriculum aimed at ensuring pupils reach their potential. The school's commitment to education and positive recognition for pupils' achievements are notable strengths.

Strengths

• Warm and friendly school environment
• Strong emphasis on the school values
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Effective phonics teaching and assessment
• Good support for pupils with SEND
• High expectations for attendance
• Valuable extracurricular clubs and experiences

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent attention across some subjects
• Insufficient support for pupils new to English in understanding vocabulary and meanings

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 George's CofE School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 3.7% of pupils at St George's CofE 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 St George's CofE School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.9% 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 George's CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 George's CofE School received £8,025 and spent £7,812 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £98,000 (£471 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Black Pear Trust, income was £7,808 and spending £7,915 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 Kidderminster · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

St George's CofE School is part of The Black Pear Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Upper Arley CofE Primary School Bewdley
• The Orchards School Bromsgrove
• Carnforth School Worcester
• Hollymount School Worcester
• Woodrush High School Wythall
• Brockhampton Primary School Bromyard
• Honeybourne Primary Academy Evesham

What is St George's CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St George's CofE School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

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

St George's CofE School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does St George's CofE School have?

St George's CofE School has 223 pupils on roll.

What age range does St George's CofE School cover?

St George's CofE School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St George's CofE School?

St George's CofE School is at Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BX.