Academy sponsor led · Worcestershire

Beacon View Primary School

3–11Ages
103Pupils
PrimaryPhase
151298URN

Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, WR14 2LU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework

Inadequate

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

14 applications for 10 places

Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate · 15 March 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education			Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development		Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Inadequate
Early years provision	Good

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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)

14 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
2025 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2024 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2023 0.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2022 1.0; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2021 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2020 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
2019 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2018 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 0.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 0.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 0.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school

This school
Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as Grove Primary School (URN 135067), the previous school.

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	10	14	1.4	10	1.00
Sep 2025 *	9	15	1.7	9	1.00
Sep 2024 *	9	17	1.9	9	1.00
Sep 2023 *	25	20	0.8	14	0.56
Sep 2022 *	23	23	1.0	7	0.30
Sep 2021 *	28	34	1.2	21	0.75
Sep 2020 *	15	25	1.7	14	0.93
Sep 2019 *	20	27	1.4	19	0.95
Sep 2018 *	21	24	1.1	16	0.76
Sep 2017 *	19	26	1.4	17	0.89
Sep 2016 *	42	26	0.6	17	0.40
Sep 2015 *	43	31	0.7	24	0.56
Sep 2014 *	39	27	0.7	19	0.49

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

This school
Worcestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

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

Beacon View Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Special measures Inadequate2022

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

Good2024

1.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Malvern
1.2 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

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

Good2022

1.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Great Malvern Primary School
1.2 km · Worcestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

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

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Northleigh CofE Primary School
1.5 km · Worcestershire

Good2023

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Madresfield CofE Primary School
2.1 km · Worcestershire

Good2022

2.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St James' CofE Primary School
2.2 km · Worcestershire

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 151298 · 885/2048
Trust: Mercian Educational Trust
Capacity: 390 pupils · 103 on roll
Free school meals: 56.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2025
Replaced: Grove Primary School (URN 135067)
Address: Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, WR14 2LU
Local authority: Worcestershire · Malvern Hills

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