St Ambrose Catholic Primary
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.786 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Ambrose Catholic Primary is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Ambrose Catholic Primary 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 | 1.786 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 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.786 miles from the school, the 31st shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.8% 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
- Leswell Street, Saint Ambrose School, Kidderminster, DY10 1RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “This is a friendly, supportive place in which to work and learn.”
- “Most respond very well to these expectations and do their best.”
- “Pupils treat others with respect and learn to see the value of thoughtful words and actions.”
To improve
- “Even so, a few pupils do not come to school often enough.”
- “Most other subjects are also well organised, although aspects of mathematics teaching could be strengthened further.”
- “Across the rest of the curriculum, some subjects are better developed than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 61% | 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, 24 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 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Offmore Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Comberton Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foley Park Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published