Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.157 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School is a primary school in Kidderminster, Worcestershire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Far Forest Lea Memorial 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 | 3.157 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 3.157 miles away, 32nd longest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.17 miles).
- Across the 7 Reception years with a published outcome, from 2020 to 2026, every applicant was offered a place in 6.
- In 2026 there were 7 first-choice applications for 8 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd 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
- New Road, Far Forest, Kidderminster, DY14 9TQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and their families express pride in being part of a caring and nurturing school community.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “Pupils behave well and move around the school sensibly.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, expectations are variable and this leads to some off-task behaviour and lower levels of engagement.”
- “Sometimes pupils distract others and staff do not address this as well as they could.”
- “This results in the loss of learning time for some.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 45% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 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.
- Bayton CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE VC Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bewdley Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upper Arley CofE Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Abberley Parochial VC Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lickhill Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published