Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Alcester, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.248 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School is a primary school in Alcester, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Bidford-on-Avon 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	1.248 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 1.248 miles away, 50th shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and in 2020, and the distance has swung sharply between years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The school has 27.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.

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: Bramley Way, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester, B50 4QG
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 312 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 27.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025

Strengths

“The school provides a nurturing environment where adults listen to pupils.”
“Pupils attend well as they enjoy what the school has to offer for their learning, behaviour and wider opportunities.”
“This enables pupils to achieve well.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects, pupils are less secure in their understanding.”
“This is because the important curriculum knowledge is not clearly identified.”
“This leads to some gaps in pupils’ learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 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)	65%	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: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 42 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.

Salford Priors CofE Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Dunnington CofE Primary School 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Temple Grafton CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Welford-on-Avon Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Nicholas CofE Primary 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale 5.1 mi Good Last distance published