Tibberton CofE First School
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Tibberton CofE First School is a Church of England school (voluntary controlled) in Worcester for boys and girls aged 4 to 9. It has 71 pupils and room for 75. About 11 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 68 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 73% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Plough Road, Worcester, Tibberton CE First School, Worcester, WR9 7NL01905 345284tibberton.worcs.sch.ukMr Alex Gromski headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 14 January 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. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
About 8 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 9% 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.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 49 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for primary schools with enough answers to publish.
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 20.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 28.0 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (10), emotional and mental health (4), Physical disability (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 71 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 67 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 11% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 11% | 7% | 13% | 10% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.9% 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 | 4.1% | 4.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 1.0% | 1.4% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 3.5% | 8.5% | 1.8% | 5.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 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 council school accounts, year to March 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowle CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 68 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 300 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Oasis Academy Warndon | Academy | 2.0 miles | 537 | Outstanding 2022 | 68 | Compare |
| The Lyppard Grange Primary School | Academy | 2.0 miles | 418 | Report card 2026 | 59 | Compare |
| Hindlip CofE First School | Church of England | 2.2 miles | 92 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Cranham Primary School | Academy | 2.2 miles | 396 | Not inspected | 34 | Compare |
| Carnforth School | Academy | 2.4 miles | 178 | Report card 2026 | 31 | Compare |
| Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery | Church of England | 2.6 miles | 95 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Tibberton CofE First School with the 45 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 45 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 68 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 68% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 40 to 86. 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% | above | +0.18 | Ofsted grade, 1.7 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well below | -0.29 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.20 | 2024/25; 57 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 5% | well above | +0.11 | Ofsted's Parent View survey, allowing for how many parents replied; 49 responses |
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 Tibberton CofE First School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Tibberton CofE First School scores 68 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 73% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 40 to 86, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Tibberton CofE First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tibberton CofE First School not judged at its last full inspection on 14 January 2025.
How many pupils does Tibberton CofE First School have?
71 pupils aged 4 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 75 places, so it is 95% full.
Is Tibberton CofE First School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 8 places were empty in 2024/25 (11% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Tibberton CofE First School?
Pupils were in school 95.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 4% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
What do parents say about Tibberton CofE First School?
100% of the 49 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 87% of parents would recommend their child's school.
How big are the classes at Tibberton CofE First School?
The average class had 23.7 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
- Plough Road, Worcester, Tibberton CE First School, Worcester, WR9 7NL
- Telephone
- 01905 345284
- Website
- www.tibberton.worcs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Gromski
- Type of school
- Church of England school (voluntary controlled) (Voluntary controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Worcester
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Bowbrook
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116851 · LAESTAB 8853105 · UKPRN 10080128
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, consistent financial reporting 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.