Badsey First School
School Lane, Badsey, Evesham, WR11 7ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE LEARNING ALLIANCE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Davis
- Sponsor
- Gloucestershire Learning Alliance
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 145000
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01386830325
About this school
Badsey First School is a primary academy in Evesham. It teaches children aged 5 to 10 and has 122 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Badsey 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 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 157 |
| 2023/24 | 151 |
| 2024/25 | 142 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Badsey First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 27.5% | 122 | — |
| Bretforton Village School | — | 5.9% | 14.1% | 63 | 1.5 miles |
| Bengeworth CE Academy | — | 5.2% | 28.4% | 579 | 1.8 miles |
| St Richard's CofE First School | — | 7.2% | 26.5% | 282 | 1.8 miles |
| Swan Lane First School | — | 5.8% | 22.3% | 293 | 2.1 miles |
| The Littletons Church of England Academy | — | 4.3% | 12.4% | 150 | 2.1 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.46%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 9.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bretforton Village School1.5 miles
Primary · Evesham
-
Bengeworth CE Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Evesham
-
St Richard's CofE First School1.8 miles
Primary · Evesham
-
Swan Lane First School2.1 miles
Primary · Evesham
-
The Littletons Church of England Academy2.1 miles
Primary · Evesham
Other schools in Evesham
- Ashton-under-Hill First School Primary
- Bengeworth CE Academy Primary
- Bretforton Village School Primary
- Church Lench CofE First School Primary
- Cleeve Prior CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Harvington CofE First School Primary
- Honeybourne Primary Academy Primary
- Offenham Church of England First School Primary
- Salford Priors CofE Academy Primary
- Sedgeberrow CofE First School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE School and Nursery Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Badsey First School teach?
- Badsey First School teaches children aged 5 to 10. It is a primary school in Evesham.
- Who is the headteacher of Badsey First School?
- The headteacher of Badsey First School is Mrs Emma Davis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Badsey First School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Badsey 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 Badsey First School?
- Badsey First School has 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 10.
- Is Badsey First School full?
- Badsey First School has capacity for 180 pupils and 122 on roll (68%), 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 Badsey First School a faith school?
- No. Badsey First School has no designated religious character.
- Does Badsey First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Badsey First School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Badsey First School?
- Badsey First School is part of GLOUCESTERSHIRE LEARNING ALLIANCE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Badsey First School's absence rate?
- Badsey First School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Badsey 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 Badsey 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 10 July 2026.