Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School
Church Street, Bredon, Tewkesbury, GL20 7LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss Zoe Newton-Smith
- Diocese
- Diocese of Worcester
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 145
- URN
- 116868
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01684772254
About this school
Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school in Tewkesbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 10 and has 145 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 155 |
| 2023/24 | 155 |
| 2024/25 | 138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.1% | 14.5% | 145 | — |
| Twyning School | 43% | 3.5% | 9.4% | 126 | 1.3 miles |
| Carrant Brook Junior School | 50% | 4.7% | 23.2% | 138 | 1.7 miles |
| Northway Infant School | — | 3.8% | 13.6% | 89 | 1.9 miles |
| Overbury CofE First School | — | 3.9% | 2.5% | 81 | 2.3 miles |
| Ashchurch Primary School | 79% | 4.1% | 16.1% | 156 | 2.4 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)
- 14.49%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.08%
- Persistent absence
- 12.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Twyning School1.3 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Carrant Brook Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Northway Infant School1.9 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Overbury CofE First School2.3 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
-
Ashchurch Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Tewkesbury
Other schools in Tewkesbury
- Ashchurch Primary School Primary
- Carrant Brook Junior School Primary
- Mitton Manor Primary School Primary
- Northway Infant School Primary
- Oak Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Overbury CofE First School Primary
- Queen Margaret Primary Academy Primary
- Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School Primary
- The John Moore Primary School Primary
- Tirlebrook Primary School Primary
- Tredington Community Primary School Primary
- Twyning School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School teach?
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School teaches children aged 4 to 10. It is a primary school in Tewkesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School?
- The headteacher of Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School is Miss Zoe Newton-Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School?
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School has 145 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 10.
- Is Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School full?
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School has capacity for 180 pupils and 145 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School a faith school?
- Yes. Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of Worcester.
- Does Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School's absence rate?
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.