Badsey First School
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Badsey First School is a sponsored academy in Evesham for boys and girls aged 5 to 10. It has 122 pupils and room for 180. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 86 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 92% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
School Lane, Badsey, Evesham, WR11 7ES01386 830325badseyfirstschool.org.ukMrs Emma Davis headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 15 July 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
128 places were empty (47% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 8% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 19.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 21.7 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (7), Moderate learning difficulty (6), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), language and communications needs (5), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 122 | 142 | 151 | 157 | 154 | 161 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 27% | 23% | 15% | 11% | 9% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.4% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 2.1% | 4.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.5% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 1.4% | 2.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 9.2% | 13.2% | 18.8% | 14.5% | 4.4% | 8.2% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackminster Middle School | Council | 1.5 miles | 217 | Requires improvement 2024 | 6 | Compare |
| Bretforton Village School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 63 | Good 2022 | 19 | Compare |
| Bengeworth CE Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 579 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
| St Richard's CofE First School | Church of England | 1.8 miles | 282 | Good 2023 | 10 | Compare |
| Swan Lane First School | Council | 2.1 miles | 293 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
| The Littletons Church of England Academy | Academy | 2.1 miles | 150 | No overall grade 2025 | 64 | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 2.2 miles | 135 | Not inspected | 58 | Compare |
| St Egwin's CofE Middle School | Church of England | 2.3 miles | 438 | No overall grade 2024 | 22 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Badsey First School with the 50 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 86 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 86% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 68 to 94. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | well above | +0.56 | Ofsted grade, 1.2 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | below | -0.12 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.11 | 2024/25; 130 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Badsey First School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Badsey First School scores 86 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 92% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 68 to 94, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Badsey First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Badsey First School not judged at its last full inspection on 15 July 2025.
How many pupils does Badsey First School have?
122 pupils aged 5 to 10 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 68% full.
Is Badsey First School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 128 places were empty in 2024/25 (47% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Badsey First School?
Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Badsey First School?
The average class had 20.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- School Lane, Badsey, Evesham, WR11 7ES
- Telephone
- 01386 830325
- Website
- www.badseyfirstschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Davis
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Gloucestershire Learning Alliance (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Badsey & Aldington
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2018 (new provision)
- URN
- 145000 · LAESTAB 8852025 · UKPRN 10065143
- Formerly
- Badsey First School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Worcestershire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.