St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.882 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE (VA) 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 | 1.882 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
- For Reception entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.882 miles away, the 35th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 7 Reception years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Stoney Lane, Kidderminster, DY10 2LX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at St Mary’s CofE Primary.”
- “This is because this is a school where adults work hard to ensure pupils are made to feel welcome.”
- “This helps pupils to feel secure and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes this is not the case, and when gaps in learning are not identified, they can persist.”
- “As a result, some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge, which can slow their progress over time.”
- “However, in lessons, the adaptations these pupils need are not always present, or they do not provide pupils with the appropriate level of independence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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) | 39% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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 George's CofE School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Offmore Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Franche Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published