St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.762 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Catherine's CofE (VC) 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 | 0.762 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.762 miles away, 6th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 78 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Marlpool Lane, Kidderminster, DY11 5HP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They model the school’s values of love, community and hope in all that they do.”
- “Pupils arrive each day with smiles on their faces and build positive relationships with one another and with the adults who support them.”
To improve
- “This year there has been an increase in the number of pupils who are persistently absent from school.”
- “Leaders know that there is more to do to further develop these interactions in all activities so that children’s knowledge is deepened and that the interactions are as meaningful as possible.”
- “Leaders know that there is more to do to ensure that pupils deepen their knowledge of different religions and cultures.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 68% | 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: 78 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Franche Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Park Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published