Kempsey Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Worcester, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.883 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kempsey Primary School is a primary school in Worcester, Worcestershire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Kempsey 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 | 1.883 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.883 miles away, the 36th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025, the sharpest swing between years, and nearer than in 2020; every applicant was offered a place in 4 of 7 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 63 first-choice applications for 59 offers; all 59 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Ellsdon, Kempsey, Worcester, WR5 3NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 386 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Kempsey Primary is a highly inclusive school where everyone is valued.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the school’s six ‘character traits’, which include respect and resilience.”
- “Pupils say these traits help them focus on how to develop positively as young people.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes learning is not adapted sufficiently well to reflect pupils’ needs or build on their previous learning.”
- “Pupils do not routinely have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and key skills in some subjects.”
- “This can limit how well pupils make progress through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 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) | 59% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Callow End CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Powick CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Orchard Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Whittington CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Red Hill CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pitmaston Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Madresfield CofE Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published