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Church Lench CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–10 · Academy
Main Street, Church Lench, Evesham WR11 4UE · churchlenchschool.org · 01386 870297
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 71
- 79% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- New Education Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Worcestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 8 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Church Lench CofE First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116792)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116792), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116792)
Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116792)