Primary school in Evesham, Worcestershire
Church Lench CofE First School
Main Street, Church Lench, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4UE
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 October 2023.
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.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 71
- Places
- 90
- How full
- 79% full — 71 of 90 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 43 / 28
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wychavon 008C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 41%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 13%
- Households owning their home
- 84%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 2%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- NEW EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Samantha Price
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Inkberrow
- Constituency
- Redditch
- URN
- 151572
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvington CofE First SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Outstanding 2023 | — | 2.3 mi |
| Salford Priors CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 27% | 3 mi |
| Dunnington CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Requires improvement 2024 | 55% | 3.1 mi |
| Fladbury CofE Primary School and PreschoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | — | 3.5 mi |
| Offenham Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 3.5 mi |
| Flyford Flavell Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2021 | 76% | 3.6 mi |
| Inkberrow Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 74% | 4 mi |
| Cleeve Prior CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | — | 4.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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