Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Malvern, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.04 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School is a primary school in Malvern, Worcestershire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Malvern Wyche 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 | 2.04 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
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.04 miles away, the 38th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance offered in 2026 was further from the school than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 27 first-choice applications for 20 offers, with 17 offers going to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Lower Wyche Road, Malvern, WR14 4ET
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “The Wyche is a caring and inclusive school.”
- “The school’s vision, ‘together we soar’, is clear to see across many aspects of the school’s work.”
- “The school and parents work well together for the benefit of the pupils.”
To improve
- “The school is aware that handwriting and letter formation is less well developed for some pupils.”
- “While some staff make careful checks on pupils’ learning within lessons, this is not consistently the case.”
- “This leads to some variation in how effectively staff identify and address any misconceptions or move pupils’ learning on further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 81% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 20 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.
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Malvern Wells CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Great Malvern Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beacon View Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Northleigh CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Somers Park Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published