Great Malvern Primary School, Malvern
Great Malvern Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Malvern, part of Mercian Educational Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in September 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 13th-highest of the 13 schools in Malvern with published results, and 13,680th of 14,452 across England. It was 96% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Worcestershire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Great Malvern Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils at Great Malvern Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 52% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 57% in reading and 60% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Great Malvern Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Great Malvern Primary School as their first choice and 35 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Great Malvern Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Great Malvern Primary School are Malvern Parish CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 81% maths); Beacon View Primary School (0.7 miles); St Matthias Church of England Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 74% reading, 68% maths); and Madresfield CofE Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 79% reading, 57% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Great Malvern Primary School.
Malvern Parish CofE Primary SchoolBeacon View Primary SchoolSt Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolMadresfield CofE Primary School
The trust
Great Malvern Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Mercian Educational Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
20 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Great Malvern Primary School (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (90%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).
Who goes there
54.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 70 pupils (21.5%) received SEN support and 21 (6.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Staffing
Great Malvern Primary School had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Great Malvern Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School- Pickersleigh Road (opposite), 80 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 133 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Great Malvern Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Great Malvern Primary School are The Chase (0.6 miles) and Dyson Perrins CofE Academy (1.8 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Worcestershire published that the last place for 2021 entry went to a family 1.498 miles away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from June 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Since the last inspection, the school has not acted effectively to support pupils' achievements. As a result, standards have fallen. In the last two years, the outcomes that pupils achieve in national curriculum tests have declined. Recently appointed leaders have introduced strategies to stem the decline of standards. These are effective and are beginning to have a positive impact on pupils' learning.
The school now have high expectations for pupils. This includes pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). These expectations are now more routinely realised.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The curriculum is suitably broad and balanced. It provides pupils with learning opportunities in a wide range of subjects. The curriculum in core subjects clearly identifies what pupils should learn and in what order. However, this is inconsistent in other subjects. Where this occurs, the curriculums do not always identify well enough what teachers should teach, what pupils should learn, and in what order. Some subject leaders lack the skills and expertise to improve their curriculums effectively. As a result, learning sometimes is not sequenced as well as it could be and pupils' learning slows.
Staff have strong subject knowledge to support the delivery of the curriculum. However, staff do not always pick up on the errors pupils make or address their misconceptions. In some cases, teachers' checks are not helping them to identify and prioritise the gaps in knowledge that pupils have.
From Ofsted's September 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2019 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
54.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
20 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 56% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 60% to 52% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 51% to 46% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
21.6
Avg class size
22.2
Infant (KS1)
22.4
KS2
13
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Great Malvern Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Great Malvern Primary School is in Worcestershire; for families living there:
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 22
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 15 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Great Malvern Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
96%
Near capacity
323 pupils
336 places
13 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Malvern
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Malvern
Across Worcestershire council
Places available
6,801
Applications
5,492
Got 1st preference
94.0%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Worcestershire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(5)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
70
SEN Support
21
EHC Plans
28.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
325
Total Pupils
155
Boys
170
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
22
Teachers
14.8:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,352
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,103
Per pupil
£2334k
Total funding
£271k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
7.3%
Overall absence
22.0%
Persistent absence
287
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Great Malvern Primary School
Questions parents ask about Great Malvern Primary School
What are SATs results like at Great Malvern Primary School?
Of the pupils at Great Malvern Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 56% reached the expected standard in reading and 52% did so in maths.
What is Great Malvern Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Great Malvern Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in September 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in June 2019, it was rated Good.
How close to Great Malvern Primary School do you need to live?
Worcestershire published for September 2021 entry that the last place offered at Great Malvern Primary School on distance went to a family 1.498 miles away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.
Is it hard to get a place at Great Malvern Primary School?
Great Malvern Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 96% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Great Malvern Primary School?
Classes at Great Malvern Primary School average 21.6 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Great Malvern Primary School?
Great Malvern Primary School has around 325 pupils on roll. 55% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Great Malvern Primary School?
7.3% of sessions were missed at Great Malvern Primary School in 2024/25. 22% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Great Malvern Primary School?
Apply through Worcestershire's coordinated admissions process, naming Great Malvern Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Great Malvern Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 22 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 15 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Worcestershire is 5.5 (the median across 276 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Great Malvern Primary School?
Great Malvern Primary School is at Lydes Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2BY.
Sources: Worcestershire admissions booklet; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)