Ilmington CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.734 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ilmington CofE Primary School is a primary school in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Ilmington 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 | 2.734 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
- In 2026, the last Reception child offered a place lived 2.734 miles away, the 79th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.26 miles).
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 9 of the 69 applications (13%) came from families living outside Warwickshire, and 3 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 29% 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
- Back Street, Ilmington, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4LJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Ilmington CofE Primary school is a caring school at the heart of its community.”
- “The school motto, ‘believe in being better’ shines through.”
- “Pupils behave very well around school and in lessons.”
To improve
- “The school is developing how it checks that pupils have learned what is laid out in the curriculum.”
- “However, their individual targets, which outline what they are expected to achieve each term, are sometimes not set or reviewed in line with the school’s own policy.”
- “However, there are some small instances where intended actions are not carried out or checked as thoroughly as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2024 (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) | 93% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Newbold and Tredington CofE Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Quinton Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shipston-on-Stour Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Meon Vale 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ettington CofE Primary School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Loxley CofE Community Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Welford-on-Avon Primary School 6.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgetown Primary School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
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