Great Malvern Primary School
Lydes Road, Malvern, WR14 2BY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Janine Burton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Mercian Educational Trust
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 372
- Pupils on roll
- 325
- URN
- 136984
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01684574219
About this school
Great Malvern Primary School is a primary academy in Malvern. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 325 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 49 | 47 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 47% | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 57% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 60% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 60% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Great Malvern 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 | 37% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 361 |
| 2023/24 | 345 |
| 2024/25 | 340 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Malvern Primary School compares
Great Malvern Primary School ranked 123rd of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 7.3% | 58.3% | 325 | — |
| Malvern Parish CofE Primary School | 68% | 4% | 14.8% | 207 | 0.4 miles |
| Grove Primary School | — | — | — | 103 | 0.7 miles |
| St Matthias Church of England Primary School | 48% | 6.6% | 49.7% | 162 | 1.3 miles |
| Madresfield CofE Primary School | 50% | 8.2% | 27.7% | 84 | 1.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 56% | 3.5% | 17.9% | 99 | 1.4 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)
- 58.26%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.28%
- Persistent absence
- 21.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Malvern Parish CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
Grove Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
St Matthias Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Malvern Link
-
Madresfield CofE Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Malvern
Other schools in Malvern
Great Malvern Primary School ranks 13th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Malvern.
- Castlemorton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Grove Primary School Primary
- Leigh and Bransford Primary School Primary
- Madresfield CofE Primary School Primary
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School Primary
- Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School Primary
- Northleigh CofE Primary School Primary
- Somers Park Primary School Primary
- St James' CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Malvern Primary School teach?
- Great Malvern Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Malvern.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Great Malvern Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Great Malvern Primary School is Mrs Janine Burton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Malvern Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Malvern 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 Great Malvern Primary School?
- Great Malvern Primary School has 325 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Great Malvern Primary School full?
- Great Malvern Primary School has capacity for 372 pupils and 325 on roll (87%), 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 Great Malvern Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Malvern Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Malvern Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Great Malvern Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Great Malvern Primary School?
- Great Malvern Primary School is part of MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Great Malvern Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Malvern Primary School rank locally?
- Great Malvern Primary School ranked 123rd of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Malvern Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Malvern Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Malvern Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Malvern 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.