Eckington CofE First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–10 · Pershore, 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 🔒
Eckington CofE First School is a primary school in Pershore, Worcestershire for ages 4–10 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Eckington CofE 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 94 of the 177 other Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 88 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 15.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- Free school meal eligibility is 8% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 14.7%.
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
- School Lane, Eckington, Pershore, WR10 3AU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “This is a small but happy school.”
- “Governors, parents and pupils describe it as having a ‘family feel.”
- “They like and trust their teachers.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ systems to check what pupils remember in foundation subjects are less well developed.”
- “This means that staff are unsure how well pupils have deepened their knowledge of the content and concepts identified.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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.
- Defford and Besford CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bredon Hancock's Endowed CofE First School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbey Park Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Overbury CofE First School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Orchard Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elmley Castle CofE First School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published