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Voluntary controlled school · Worcestershire

Defford and Besford CofE Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 54Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 116802URN

Hill View, Defford, Worcester, WR8 9BH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

15 applications for 11 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 25 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 4 March 2020
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

15 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202611151.4111.00
Sep 20259161.891.00
Sep 202411171.6100.91
Sep 2023492.341.00
Sep 20227121.771.00
Sep 202112181.5110.92
Sep 202012191.6121.00
Sep 2019691.561.00
Sep 201810151.5101.00
Sep 201713201.5131.00
Sep 201611121.1111.00
Sep 20157101.471.00
Sep 2014561.251.00

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
116802 · 885/3029
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
84 pupils · 54 on roll
Free school meals
11.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Hill View, Defford, Worcester, WR8 9BH
Local authority
Worcestershire · Wychavon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources