Academy converter · Worcestershire

Great Malvern Primary School

3–11Ages
325Pupils
PrimaryPhase
136984URN

Lydes Road, Malvern, WR14 2BY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

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

35 applications for 25 places · 134th of 145 in Worcestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

29%met the expected standard

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 24 September 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision		Requires improvement

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)

35 applications · 25 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
2025 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2024 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2023 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2021 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2020 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2019 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2018 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2017 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2016 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2015 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2014 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 0 of 13 years.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	25	35	1.4	23	0.92
Sep 2025	38	47	1.2	38	1.00
Sep 2024	45	61	1.4	42	0.93
Sep 2023	48	82	1.7	67	1.40
Sep 2022	48	73	1.5	57	1.19
Sep 2021	48	72	1.5	51	1.06
Sep 2020	36	53	1.5	36	1.00
Sep 2019	44	55	1.3	41	0.93
Sep 2018	48	59	1.2	50	1.04
Sep 2017	37	49	1.3	37	1.00
Sep 2016	48	66	1.4	44	0.92
Sep 2015	46	51	1.1	36	0.78
Sep 2014	48	62	1.3	47	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 46% · Maths 52% → all three 29% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard29%109th of 113 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Worcestershire 78% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Worcestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard46%

Worcestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Worcestershire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard52%

Worcestershire 76% England 77%

Higher standard8%

Worcestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

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Worcestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	29%	0%	102	100
2023/24	47%	4%	102	101
2022/23	37%	2%	100	100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Great Malvern Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Malvern Parish CofE Primary School
0.7 km · Worcestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Beacon View Primary School
1.2 km · Worcestershire

Special measures Inadequate2022

1.4applications per place
St Matthias Church of England Primary School
2.1 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

1.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Madresfield CofE Primary School
2.2 km · Worcestershire

Good2022

2.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Malvern
2.2 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Somers Park Primary School
2.4 km · Worcestershire

Good2022

1.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School
2.5 km · Worcestershire

Standards maintained2025

3.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Northleigh CofE Primary School
2.6 km · Worcestershire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 136984 · 885/2105
Trust: Mercian Educational Trust
Capacity: 372 pupils · 325 on roll
Free school meals: 56.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2011
Replaced: Great Malvern Primary School (URN 116709)
Address: Lydes Road, Malvern, WR14 2BY
Local authority: Worcestershire · Malvern Hills

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources