Defford and Besford CofE Primary School
Defford, WR8 9BH · Worcestershire local authority
What stands out about Defford and Besford CofE Primary School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Room to spare: 54 pupils for 84 places
- 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, April 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (11 of 11)
- Homes in its postcode sector (WR8 9) sold for a median £500,000; Defford’s is £470,000
How hard is it to get a place at Defford and Besford CofE Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Worcestershire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Worcestershire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202543 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Defford and Besford CofE Primary School
No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, April 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), March 2020.
Living near Defford and Besford CofE Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in WR8 9, the school’s postcode sector
Defford property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in WR8 9 sell for a little over Defford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Defford, WR8 9BH
Defford and Besford CofE Primary School: common questions
How hard is it to get into Defford and Besford CofE Primary School?
For September 2026, 11 families put Defford and Besford CofE Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 11 places were offered in all.
What is Defford and Besford CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2023).
How much do houses cost near Defford and Besford CofE Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, WR8 9, sold for a median £500,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (79 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Defford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.