Red Hill CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Worcester, 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 🔒
Red Hill CofE Primary School is a primary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Red Hill 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 | 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 for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, but a last distance was published, meaning places ran out, in 2 of the 6 earlier Reception years.
- 12.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 48 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Midhurst Close, Worcester, WR5 2HX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Red Hill Church of England Primary School speak passionately about their school values.”
- “The new leadership team is helping pupils to achieve this aim.”
- “One pupil commented, ‘They are helping us get better at being ourselves.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, such as history, the curriculum is still very new.”
- “Pupils’ subject knowledge is not as secure in these subjects, and leaders have not fully evaluated how to make improvements.”
- “However, some leaders are new to their role and parents have not been kept well informed about the support their child receives or the progress they make.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 52% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 48 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.
- Nunnery Wood Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cherry Orchard Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley Road Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Whittington CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hollymount School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clement's CofE Primary 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published