Kinlet CofE Primary School
School Lane, Bewdley, Kinlet, DY12 3BGOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Kinlet CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kinlet for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 183 schools in Shropshire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025, report published 18 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 14 January 2025
Kinlet is a calm, happy school, where pupils feel safe and value the friendships that they make. The values of respect, tolerance, thankfulness, resilience and courage are important for this school. Staff use these to build a culture where pupils 'love to learn, learn to love'. Pupils study a broad range of subjects. They enjoy the trips and experiences that the school has started to introduce. However, the school is still working to establish a sufficiently ambitious curriculum. Currently, the quality of education that some pupils receive requires further improvement. As a result, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not know and remember what they should. Consequently, they are not sufficiently well prepared for the next stage of their education. Pupils' behaviour is improving. Most pupils follow the school's rules and routines well. However, there is still some low-level disruption in lessons. Staff do not routinely tackle these quickly enough. This can distract pupils and hinders their learning. The school has introduced some clubs, including football and gymnastics. Pupils have opportunities to take on leadership roles, including being selected as 'young leaders' or as school librarians. However, these roles are not fully established across the school.
What the school should improve
- The curriculum in the early years and some foundation subjects does not clearly lay out the precise knowledge and essentials skills that pupils need to learn. As a result, learning is not well sequenced, and staff are not always clear about what they should teach and when. The school should design and implement a curriculum that ensures children in the early years, and pupils across the rest of the school, are well prepared for the next steps in education.
- The school does not have a systematic approach to the use of assessment. This means that gaps in pupils' learning and misconceptions are not routinely identified and addressed. The school should develop an effective approach to using assessment to inform teaching and support pupils' progress.
- The school does not check the impact of their work consistently and rigorously well enough. This means that the school is not evaluating their actions and areas for improvement well enough. The school should develop a consistent and rigorous approach to identifying key priorities accurately and checking how well agreed actions are improving the school.
Pupil numbers and mix
41 pupils on roll, with places for 56
Schools near Kinlet CofE Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highley Community Primary School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | 55% met the expected standard |
| Upper Arley CofE Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 70% met the expected standard |
| Stottesdon CofE Primary School | 3 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 67% met the expected standard |
| Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 45% met the expected standard |
| Alveley Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 75% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Davies
- Phone
- 01299841210
- Address
- School Lane, Bewdley, Kinlet, DY12 3BG
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- URN
- 123480
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.