Farlow CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Kidderminster, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.075 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Farlow CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Shropshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Farlow 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 | 0.075 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.075 miles away, the shortest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 24 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 12 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Farlow, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 0RQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 24 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils’ well-being and care are at the heart of this school.”
- “Leaders’ motto of ‘Love to Learn – Learn to Love’ is threaded throughout the school.”
- “Children at this school are a delight.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, although leaders have a clear understanding of what pupils should learn, it is not as readily available for others.”
- “This means that other staff do not know as clearly the precise knowledge and skills pupils should learn and in what order.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 50% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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 Shropshire.
- Stottesdon CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cleobury Mortimer Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Clee Hill Community Academy 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kinlet CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Brown Clee CofE Primary School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highley Community Primary School 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burford CofE Primary School 7.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published