The Lacon Childe School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Kidderminster, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.409 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Lacon Childe School is a secondary school in Kidderminster, Shropshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Lacon Childe 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 9.409 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 9.409 miles away, the 9th shortest of 19 Shropshire secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, having swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 95 first-choice applications for 99 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 40% in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Shropshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 563 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Most pupils participate in the popular house competition.”
- “Personal development for pupils is planned well.”
- “Teachers encourage pupils to get involved in a range of activities.”
To improve
- “Expectations of behaviour have not been consistent.”
- “A minority of pupils have disrupted the learning of others.”
- “Not all teachers successfully manage behaviour in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 95 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 95 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Ludlow Church of England School 10.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oldbury Wells School 10.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridgnorth Endowed School 11.2 mi Good Last distance published
- William Brookes School 15.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Church Stretton School 17.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Idsall School 20.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Community College, Bishop's Castle 22.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meole Brace School 24.6 mi Good Last distance published