Abbey Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–12 · Pershore, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Abbey Park Primary School is a primary school in Pershore, Worcestershire for ages 2–12 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Abbey Park Primary 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 30.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
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
- Abbey Road, Pershore, WR10 1DF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–12
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at Abbey Park First School and Nursery.”
- “Leaders want the best for all pupils.”
- “Pupils try hard to live the school values and do their best.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, behaviour in lessons is not as good as it could be, and a few pupils say that their learning is disrupted.”
- “However, some inconsistencies in the teaching of phonics slows learning for a few pupils.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in the teaching of phonics, which means that at times, some pupils do not learn as well as others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pinvin CofE Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Defford and Besford CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Eckington CofE First School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fladbury CofE Primary School and Preschool 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cropthorne-with-Charlton CofE First School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published