Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.263 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy 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 | 1.263 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 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child 1.263 miles away, the 14th shortest of the 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception distances have swung sharply between years, most of all from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2020.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest 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
- Franche Road, Wolverley, Kidderminster, DY11 5TP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders at Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy have high expectations of all pupils.”
- “They have created a culture where pupils achieve well and engage enthusiastically in learning.”
- “Staff teach pupils about the characteristics of positive attitudes by promoting a group of fictional characters who act as role models.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not identified all of the specific knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers to precisely check what pupils know and remember.”
- “The pandemic has disrupted opportunities to attend school trips and visits.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 63% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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 Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cookley Sebright Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Franche Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St George's CofE School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published