Northleigh CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Malvern, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.084 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northleigh CofE Primary School is a primary school in Malvern, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Northleigh 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 | 2.084 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, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.084 miles away, the 41st shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 14.4%, against a middle figure of 27.4% 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
- St. Peters Road, Cowleigh Bank, Malvern, WR14 1QS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “It is an exciting time for pupils at Northleigh CofE Primary School.”
- “Many effective changes have taken place.”
- “Committed leaders have high aspirations and expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, not all areas of the curriculum are fully established.”
- “This means in some subjects, pupils do not have the subject-specific knowledge they need.”
- “Teachers’ subject knowledge in mathematics is variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 71% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Somers Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beacon View Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Great Malvern Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Madresfield CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published