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Middle deemed secondary school in Evesham, Worcestershire

Blackminster Middle School

Station Road, South Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 8TG

Ofsted Requires improvement · 2024
School website 01386830311
Ofsted Requires improvement March 2024
Pupils 217 56% full
Local deprivation 5/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Requires improvementas at 19 March 2024

Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

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Current published outcome
Requires improvement
Last overall grade in this dataset
Requires improvement
Days since inspection
927 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

key stage 4 results 2024/25

Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.

Evidence found
No publishable key stage 4 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
Source coverage
DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
What this means
School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
What this does not mean
The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
217
Places
390
How full
56% full — 217 of 390 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
110 / 107
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
21%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
25%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
10%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
17%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
2

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
1

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
1

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Evesham Rail Station

3.7 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

5/10 Deprivation decile

Among around the middle for England.

4/10 Child poverty decile

Among the more deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£365,000

postcode sector WR11 8 · 255 sales

Typical range
£288,000 to £475,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£440,000
Semi-detached
£302,500
Terraced
£293,750
Flat
£122,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
35%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
19%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
13%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
14%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
47%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
75%

England 62.7%

Social housing
19%

England 17%

Privately rented
5%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
44%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
31%

England 22.5%

No car
9%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Wychavon 011C and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Ages
Ages 10–13
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Linda McQuone
Register status
Open
Local authority
Worcestershire
Ward
Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons
Constituency
Droitwich and Evesham
URN
116960

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest middle deemed secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8DistanceCompare
Prince Henry's High SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 46.2 0.390.24 to 0.55 2 mi
St Egwin's CofE Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled school No overall grade — — 2.2 mi
The De Montfort SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 38.4 0.15-0.11 to 0.41 · not a win 2.4 mi
Bredon Hill AcademyAcademy converter No overall grade — — 6.1 mi
Chipping Campden SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 47.3 0.16-0.03 to 0.35 · not a win 6.2 mi
Pershore High SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2024 43.6 0.07-0.12 to 0.25 · not a win 7.7 mi
Alcester Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 73.7 0.560.33 to 0.79 7.8 mi
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46 0.330.06 to 0.60 7.8 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
The Steiner Academy HerefordAcademy sponsor led Hereford Good 2023 51 1.571.00 to 2.13
The Clere SchoolCommunity school Newbury No overall grade 41.3 -0.62-0.96 to -0.29
Stradbroke High SchoolAcademy converter Eye Good 2023 44.3 0.370.01 to 0.72
Reach Academy Hanworth ParkFree schools Feltham No overall grade — —
Catshill Middle SchoolAcademy converter Bromsgrove Good 2022 — —
Scarborough University Technical CollegeUniversity technical college Scarborough Good 2022 44 -0.17-0.51 to 0.18 · not a win
Leek High SchoolAcademy converter Leek Requires improvement 2024 38.1 -1.10-1.39 to -0.81
The Cheadle AcademyAcademy converter Stoke-on-Trent No overall grade 40 -0.68-0.96 to -0.41
Berwick Middle SchoolCommunity school Berwick-upon-Tweed Good 2023 — —
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter Alcester Good 2024 46 0.330.06 to 0.60
Matford Brook AcademyFree schools Exeter No overall grade — —
Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolAcademy converter Stoke-on-Trent Good 2023 35.9 -0.50-0.85 to -0.14

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 116960; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 19 March 2024
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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