Voluntary aided school · Worcestershire

St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School

2–11Ages
212Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
135057URN

Stoney Lane, Kidderminster, DY10 2LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

35 applications for 25 places · 134th of 145 in Worcestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

39%met the expected standard

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 11 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

35 applications · 25 places offered · 24 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
2025 0.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2024 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2023 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2022 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2021 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2020 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2019 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2018 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2017 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2016 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2015 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2014 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Worcestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	25	35	1.4	24	0.96
Sep 2025	21	19	0.9	17	0.81
Sep 2024	27	35	1.3	27	1.00
Sep 2023	22	27	1.2	20	0.91
Sep 2022	30	35	1.2	27	0.90
Sep 2021	30	34	1.1	27	0.90
Sep 2020	30	37	1.2	26	0.87
Sep 2019	26	32	1.2	22	0.85
Sep 2018	30	38	1.3	29	0.97
Sep 2017	25	33	1.3	21	0.84
Sep 2016	27	31	1.2	20	0.74
Sep 2015	22	27	1.2	19	0.86
Sep 2014	29	40	1.4	31	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 48% · Maths 52% → all three 39% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard39%105th of 113 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard70%

Worcestershire 78% England 78%

Higher standard13%

Worcestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard48%

Worcestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Worcestershire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard52%

Worcestershire 76% England 77%

Higher standard13%

Worcestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Worcestershire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	39%	4%	103	100
2023/24	36%	0%	102	99
2022/23	28%	0%	99	102

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
St George's CofE School
0.6 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

2.2applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
St Ambrose Catholic Primary
0.9 km · Worcestershire

Good2022

1.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St Oswald's CofE Primary School
1.1 km · Worcestershire

2026

1.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School
1.2 km · Worcestershire

2026

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Primary School
1.6 km · Worcestershire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Offmore Primary School
1.6 km · Worcestershire

2026

1.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Franche Primary School
1.6 km · Worcestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy
1.7 km · Worcestershire

Remains Good2022

3.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 135057 · 885/3331
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 216 pupils · 212 on roll
Free school meals: 58.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2007
Replaced: Kidderminster St Mary's CofE First School (URN 116889)
Address: Stoney Lane, Kidderminster, DY10 2LX
Local authority: Worcestershire · Wyre Forest

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources