Great Malvern Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Malvern, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.6 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Great Malvern Primary School is a primary school in Malvern, Worcestershire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Great Malvern 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 | 0.6 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
- 2024/25: 29% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest among this school and the 7 of its 8 nearest Worcestershire primary schools that have results.
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.6 miles away, the 4th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.17 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a place in 4 of 7 published Reception years; the 2026 last distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- 54.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.6% across 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
- Lydes Road, Malvern, WR14 2BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 325 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Recently appointed leaders have introduced strategies to stem the decline of standards.”
- “These are effective and are beginning to have a positive impact on pupils’ learning.”
- “The school now have high expectations for pupils.”
To improve
- “Since the last inspection, the school has not acted effectively to support pupils’ achievements.”
- “As a result, standards have fallen.”
- “In the last two years, the outcomes that pupils achieve in national curriculum tests have declined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 October 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) | 29% | 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, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beacon View Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Madresfield CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Somers Park Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Northleigh CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published