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Wychbold First and Nursery School

Primary Ages 3-9 138 pupils Droitwich
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Wychbold First and Nursery School is an academy converter in Droitwich for pupils aged 3 to 9. It has 138 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-9
Religion Does not apply
Address School Road
Wychbold
School Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 7PU
Reference Number 146027

General Makeup

Number of pupils 138
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.62%
Girls: 46.38%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 11 22
2 15 10 25
3 14 12 26
4 15 10 25

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 80.4%
Unclassified 9.4%
White, Other 5.1%
White & Asian 2.2%
African 2.2%
Asian, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 18 Oct 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Oct 2022 School inspection
04 Jul 2018 Academy conversion letter
12 Jul 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Wychbold First and Nursery School
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
10 Nov 2010 Full inspection:
09 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
18 Apr 2005 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wychbold First and Nursery School had 128 pupils for 150 places. 22 places (14.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Droitwich Primary Phase” planning area

Worcestershire counted 321 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 322 in 2029–30, down 0%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 150150150150150150
Pupils 128144137141135128
Unfilled 14.7%4.0%8.7%6.0%10.0%14.7%

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 Wychbold First and Nursery School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%2.1%5.8%3.6%3.0%3.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%0.6%1.3%1.1%1.0%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.8%0.8%0.0%0.9%0.9%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Wychbold First and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.01.44.70.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Wychbold First and Nursery School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 7.08.19.110.612.710.18.48.9
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%14.7%21.6%38.5%11.1%0.0%8.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 62.5%–37.5%87.5%42.9%77.8%77.8%–
Sick days per teacher 4.7–1.114.514.87.23.1–

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, 11.6% of pupils at Wychbold First and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 7 1
Speech, language and communication needs 4 1
Moderate learning difficulty 4 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 0 2
Physical disability 0 1

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 Wychbold First and Nursery School received £6,903 and spent £7,754 for each of its 147 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£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

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £79,000£85,000£68,000£117,000£132,000£119,000£106,000
per pupil £621£637£472£689£793£720£720
In-year balance £37,000£11,000£1,000£60,000-£33,000-£31,000-£125,000
per pupil £287£80£8£353-£197-£186-£851

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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1.61 miles
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Chawson First School
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Millfields First School
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St Peter's Catholic First School
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3.2 miles
Cutnall Green CofE Primary School
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3.3 miles
St John's Church of England Middle School Academy
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3.58 miles
Aston Fields Middle School
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3.9 miles
The Orchards School
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4.01 miles
Finstall First School
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4.02 miles
Dodford First School
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4.1 miles
Parkside Middle School
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4.27 miles
Meadows First School
Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0AH
4.28 miles
Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery
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4.78 miles
Name Distance
RGS Dodderhill
Dodderhill Road, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0BE
1.8 miles
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Briar Mill, C/O Droitwich Spa High School, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 0AA
2.76 miles
Lokrum Fields
Copyholt Lane, Stoke Pound, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3AY
2.87 miles
South Bromsgrove High
Charford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3NL
3.28 miles
Bromsgrove School
Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, B61 7DU
3.53 miles
Rigby Hall Day Special School
Rigby Lane, Aston fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2EP
3.92 miles
North Bromsgrove High School
School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1BA
4.23 miles
Gloverspiece School
Gloverspiece Minifarm, Ladywood, Droitwich, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 0AJ
4.32 miles

All schools in Droitwich · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Wychbold First and Nursery School is part of The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Wychbold First and Nursery School have?

Wychbold First and Nursery School has 138 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wychbold First and Nursery School cover?

Wychbold First and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Wychbold First and Nursery School?

Wychbold First and Nursery School is at School Road, Wychbold, School Road, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7PU.

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