St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Oswald's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Oswald's CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 94 of the 177 other Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 43.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 24.8% 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
- Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, DY10 2YL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this welcoming school.”
- “They build warm relationships with staff and each other and feel the care that is evident.”
- “These mutual relationships help pupils feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “Leaders are ensuring that expectations for handwriting are being implemented as fully and as consistently as other aspects of the curriculum in all classes.”
- “However, there are still too many pupils who miss school too often, despite these efforts.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (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) | 75% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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 Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's CofE School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Offmore Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cookley Sebright Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Comberton Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published