Welford-on-Avon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.555 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Welford-on-Avon Primary School is a primary school in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Welford-on-Avon 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 | 2.555 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 |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
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 2.555 miles away, the 83rd longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- There were 45 first-choice applications for 30 offers in 2026 Reception entry; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Headland Road, Welford-on-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 8ER
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 270 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “Their day starts with warmth and purpose as they settle quickly into their learning.”
- “Pupils enjoy lessons and work hard.”
To improve
- “Teaching is typically effective, although at times activities are not precisely matched to learning.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils struggle to access the task, so they do not get the practice needed to embed their learning.”
- “However, at times, staff do not develop children’s language through interactions as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2026 (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) | 82% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Warwickshire.
- Temple Grafton CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishopton Primary School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Quinton Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
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