Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.657 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School is a primary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Grimley and Holt CofE 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 | 4.657 mi |
| 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 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.657 miles away, the 19th longest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 4 of the 7 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2020.
- Reception 2026 saw 13 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 12 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (8%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 18% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Grimley, Worcester, WR2 6LU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 92 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Grimley and Holt CofE Primary school and attend well.”
- “They describe the school as friendly and welcoming.”
- “This begins in early years, where children quickly learn and follow daily routines.”
To improve
- “However, in others, pupils’ recall of their learning is less secure.”
- “However, pupils are not as well prepared for life in modern Britain as they should be.”
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not ensure pupils know what subject they are learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 18% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 12 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.
- Hallow CofE Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Claines CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Worcester Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwick Manor Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ombersley Endowed First School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Perdiswell 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hindlip CofE First School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Broadheath CofE Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published