Academy sponsor led · Worcestershire

Heronswood Primary School

2–11Ages
485Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141246URN

Heronswood Road, Kidderminster, DY10 4EX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

89 applications for 58 places · 118th of 145 in Worcestershire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

54%met the expected standard

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

30 April 2024
Graded inspection: Outstanding
14 December 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

89 applications · 58 places offered · 54 named it first

2026 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
2025 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2024 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2023 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2022 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2021 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2020 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
2019 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2018 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2017 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2016 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2015 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
2014 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 1 of 12 years.

This school
Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as Heronswood Primary School (URN 135053), Spennells First School (URN 116766), the previous school.

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	58	89	1.5	54	0.93
Sep 2025	60	93	1.6	72	1.20
Sep 2024	50	74	1.5	50	1.00
Sep 2023	60	90	1.5	66	1.10
Sep 2022	60	103	1.7	69	1.15
Sep 2021	59	85	1.4	55	0.93
Sep 2020	60	109	1.8	72	1.20
Sep 2019	56	90	1.6	50	0.89
Sep 2018	48	69	1.4	45	0.94
Sep 2017	49	60	1.2	42	0.86
Sep 2016	36	51	1.4	35	0.97
Sep 2015	30	37	1.2	29	0.97
Sep 2014 *	50	60	1.2	39	0.78

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 72% · Maths 69% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard54%87th of 113 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Worcestershire 78% England 78%

Higher standard20%

Worcestershire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Worcestershire 74% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Worcestershire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Worcestershire 76% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Worcestershire 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	54%	2%	104	102
2023/24	61%	12%	106	103
2022/23	60%	8%	104	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

Heronswood Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Outstanding2024

1.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Comberton Primary School
1.3 km · Worcestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Foley Park Primary Academy
1.9 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

1.6applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Offmore Primary School
2.1 km · Worcestershire

2026

1.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
St Ambrose Catholic Primary
2.2 km · Worcestershire

Good2022

1.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St George's CofE School
2.5 km · Worcestershire

Good2024

2.2applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Birchen Coppice Academy
2.7 km · Worcestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.0applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Sutton Park Primary School
2.8 km · Worcestershire

Outstanding2023

2.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
St John's CofE Primary School
2.9 km · Worcestershire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 53%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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141246 · 885/2010
Trust: The Rivers C of E Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 504 pupils · 485 on roll
Free school meals: 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2014
Replaced: Heronswood Primary School (URN 135053); Spennells First School (URN 116766)
Address: Heronswood Road, Kidderminster, DY10 4EX
Local authority: Worcestershire · Wyre Forest

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