Franche Primary School
Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, DY11 5QB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Elizabeth Dixon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 960
- Pupils on roll
- 726
- URN
- 135050
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01562751788
About this school
Franche Primary School is a community primary school in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 726 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 116 | 115 | 114 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 42% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 63% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 57% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Franche Primary 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 | 46% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 866 |
| 2023/24 | 829 |
| 2024/25 | 823 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Franche Primary School compares
Franche Primary School ranked 68th of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.4% | 25.9% | 726 | — |
| St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School | 68% | 4.4% | 12.3% | 417 | 0.3 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 53% | 6.4% | 34.5% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School | 39% | 6.3% | 54.8% | 212 | 1.0 miles |
| Sutton Park Primary School | 81% | 7.9% | 26.9% | 233 | 1.1 miles |
| Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy | 63% | 4.7% | 12.3% | 220 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.87%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.44%
- Persistent absence
- 14.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
St John's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
Sutton Park Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
Other schools in Kidderminster
Franche Primary School ranks 10th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Kidderminster.
- Birchen Coppice Academy Primary
- Blakedown CofE Primary School Primary
- Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School Primary
- Cleobury Mortimer Primary School Primary
- Comberton Primary School Primary
- Cookley Sebright Primary School Primary
- Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School Primary
- Farlow CofE Primary School Primary
- Foley Park Primary Academy Primary
- Hartlebury CofE Primary School Primary
- Heronswood Primary School Primary
- Offmore Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Franche Primary School teach?
- Franche Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the head teacher of Franche Primary School?
- The head teacher of Franche Primary School is Headteacher Elizabeth Dixon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Franche Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Franche Primary 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 Franche Primary School?
- Franche Primary School has 726 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Franche Primary School full?
- Franche Primary School has capacity for 960 pupils and 726 on roll (76%), 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 Franche Primary School a faith school?
- No. Franche Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Franche Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Franche Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Franche Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Franche Primary School rank locally?
- Franche Primary School ranked 68th of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Franche Primary School's absence rate?
- Franche Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Franche Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Franche Primary 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 1 July 2026.