Elmley Castle CofE First School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–10 · 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 🔒
Elmley Castle CofE First School is a primary school in Pershore, Worcestershire for ages 5–10 (voluntary controlled school). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Elmley Castle 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 94 of the 177 other Worcestershire primary schools with a published outcome; a last distance was published in 1 of the 6 earlier years.
- 3.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- The school has 16.6 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 19.6.
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
- Main Street, Elmley Castle, Elmley Castle Cofe, Pershore, WR10 3HS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–10
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 79 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Children who join the early years, as well as those who arrive mid-year, are welcomed warmly and quickly become part of the school community.”
- “Staff and pupils are proud of their nurturing small school, which sits at the heart of its village and values every child.”
- “Each day begins calmly and purposefully.”
To improve
- “Writing, however, is less well developed.”
- “Some pupils struggle to write accurate sentences independently because they have not secured the skills needed.”
- “In some subjects, teachers do not always address misconceptions or gaps in pupils' understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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.
- Ashton-under-Hill First School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cropthorne-with-Charlton CofE First School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE School and Nursery 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Overbury CofE First School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sedgeberrow CofE First School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fladbury CofE Primary School and Preschool 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Redeemer Catholic Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Park Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published