Feckenham CofE Primary School

Feckenham C of E Primary School has been rated as good overall, reflecting consistent performance across key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour, and personal development. The school fosters a welcoming environment and maintains strong relationships between staff and pupils. Notably, the school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they make significant progress. In addition, the broad curriculum and efforts to prioritize reading are commendable, contributing to a strong foundation for student learning and well-being.

Strengths

• Strong community ties and support for pupil well-being.
• High expectations for pupil work and behaviour.
• Effective curriculum planning across a broad range of subjects.
• Good support and progress for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on reading with a structured phonics program.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the implementation of the curriculum.
• Assessment arrangements are not yet fully embedded.

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 Feckenham CofE Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Feckenham CofE Primary 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 Feckenham CofE Primary School had 18.6 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, 16.8% of pupils at Feckenham CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Feckenham CofE Primary School received £8,141 and spent £7,843 for each of its 100 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £20,000 (-£196 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Shires Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,740 and spending £7,633 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 Redditch · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Feckenham CofE Primary School is part of Shires Multi Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Ridgeway Secondary School Redditch
• Astwood Bank Primary School Redditch
• Crabbs Cross Academy Redditch
• The Vaynor First School Redditch
• Webheath Academy Primary School Redditch
• St Luke's CofE First School Redditch
• Studley High School Studley
• St George's CofE First School and Nursery Redditch
• Beoley First School Redditch
• North Bromsgrove High School Bromsgrove

What is Feckenham CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Feckenham CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Feckenham CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Feckenham CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Feckenham CofE Primary School have?

Feckenham CofE Primary School has 95 pupils on roll.

What age range does Feckenham CofE Primary School cover?

Feckenham CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Feckenham CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Feckenham CofE Primary School?

Feckenham CofE Primary School is at School Lane, Feckenham, Feckenham Ce Primary School - Shires Mat, Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6QD.