Chawson First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Droitwich, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chawson First School is a primary school in Droitwich, Worcestershire for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Chawson First School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: 60 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Across Reception entry from 2020 to 2026, the last distance swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2024 to 2025; no last distance was published for 2026.
- 25.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 14.5%.
- There are 21.5 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 19.7.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wych Road, Droitwich, WR9 8BW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Chawson First School.”
- “Each day they try hard to be ‘independent, aspirational and articulate’.”
- “The school does all it can to ensure that pupils attend regularly and on time.”
To improve
- “However, expectations of pupils’ reading and writing are not high enough.”
- “As a result, many pupils do not learn to read or write as well as they should.”
- “However, in some subjects, including reading and writing, the curriculum is not delivered well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Worcestershire.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Droitwich CofE Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westlands First School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hindlip CofE First School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wychbold First and Nursery School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ombersley Endowed First School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tibberton CofE First School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Claines CofE Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published