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St Ambrose Catholic Primary

  • 2–11Ages
  • 207Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 141413URN

Leswell Street, Saint Ambrose School, Kidderminster, DY10 1RP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

32 applications for 24 places · 140th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
61%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.3applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

32 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as St Ambrose Catholic Primary (URN 131400), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624321.3241.00
Sep 202528531.9270.96
Sep 202424421.8241.00
Sep 202325512.0261.04
Sep 202228451.6240.86
Sep 202117311.8160.94
Sep 202029491.7250.86
Sep 201929451.6250.86
Sep 201828531.9220.79
Sep 201730642.1341.13
Sep 201630632.1401.33
Sep 201524381.6200.83
Sep 2014 *29441.5250.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 75% · Maths 79% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%64th of 113 in Worcestershire
Reading
Expected standard72%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2561%11%106103
2023/2462%10%103102
2022/2359%0%106102

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141413 · 885/3393
Trust
Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
236 pupils · 207 on roll
Free school meals
13.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2014
Replaced
St Ambrose Catholic Primary (URN 131400)
Address
Leswell Street, Saint Ambrose School, Kidderminster, DY10 1RP
Local authority
Worcestershire · Wyre Forest

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