Abbey Park Middle School
Abbey Road, Pershore, WR10 1DF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Abbey Park Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Middle deemed primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 9 to 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Rebecca Scully
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 252
- Pupils on roll
- 108
- URN
- 116774
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
About this school
Abbey Park Middle School was a community middle school in Pershore. It taught children aged 9 to 12 and had 108 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abbey Park Middle School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 36 | 32 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 22% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 44% | 53% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 47% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 31% | 43% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Abbey Park Middle School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 22% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 93 |
| 2024/25 | 108 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbey Park Middle School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 7% | 36.1% | 108 | — |
| Abbey Park Primary School | — | 5.7% | 34.3% | 289 | 0.0 miles |
| Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School | 76% | 4.7% | 15.2% | 184 | 0.2 miles |
| Orchard Primary School | 50% | 8.9% | 22.2% | 185 | 0.5 miles |
| Pershore High School | — | 8.9% | 19.6% | 1,055 | 1.1 miles |
| Pinvin CofE Academy | 37% | 7.1% | 27.2% | 220 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.11%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.99%
- Persistent absence
- 19.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbey Park Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Pershore
-
Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Pershore
-
Orchard Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Pershore
-
Pershore High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Pershore
-
Pinvin CofE Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Pershore
Other schools in Pershore
- Abbey Park Primary School Primary
- Cropthorne-with-Charlton CofE First School Primary
- Eckington CofE First School Primary
- Elmley Castle CofE First School Primary
- Fladbury CofE Primary School and Preschool Primary
- Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School Primary
- Orchard Primary School Primary
- Pinvin CofE Academy Primary
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School Primary
- Pershore High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Abbey Park Middle School teach?
- Abbey Park Middle School taught children aged 9 to 12. It was a middle school in Pershore.
- Has Abbey Park Middle School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbey Park Middle School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Abbey Park Middle School?
- Abbey Park Middle School had 108 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 12.
- How have Abbey Park Middle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abbey Park Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbey Park Middle School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2025.