Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Droitwich, Worcestershire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled 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 2020 to 2026 entry.
Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 3 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 14 places are published for Reception 2027.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 14.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.9 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
- Neight Hill, Himbleton, Droitwich, WR9 7LE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils make the most of the rural location of the school by experiencing valuable outdoor learning opportunities.”
- “Pupils enjoy and learn much from these opportunities.”
- “They enjoy the caring, family-like atmosphere of the school.”
To improve
- “Leaders are continuing to refine approaches to maximise knowledge retention a few subjects.”
- “However, in a few subjects, assessment is less consistent as leaders are still refining approaches to check pupils’ progress over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2023 (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) | 64% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Crowle CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Upton Snodsbury CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tibberton CofE First School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Flyford Flavell Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hanbury CofE First School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Droitwich CofE Academy 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Inkberrow Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chawson First School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published