Franche Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Kidderminster, 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 🔒
Franche Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Franche 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 58 first-choice applications for 63 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 43rd lowest of 174 Worcestershire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 5 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest 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
- Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, DY11 5QB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 726 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and friendly.”
- “They enjoy school and attend regularly.”
- “The school ensures that everyone understands its golden rule to, ‘treat other people as you would like them to treat you’.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s expectations of what pupils should achieve are not consistently high enough.”
- “This results in variation in pupils’ learning across subjects.”
- “However, the school’s expectations of pupils’ achievement in writing are too low, especially for older pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 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) | 62% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 58 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.
- St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sutton Park Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Foley Park Primary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published