Schoolfile
Search

Academy converter · Worcestershire

St Oswald's CofE Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 155Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 144456URN

Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, DY10 2YL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

22 applications for 16 places · 137th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
75%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 11 May 2022
    Graded inspection: 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)

22 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.0; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 0.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as St Oswald's CofE Primary School (URN 135058), Kidderminster, St Oswald's CofE First School (URN 116827), 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 202616221.4161.00
Sep 202521231.1150.71
Sep 202414211.5141.00
Sep 202321301.4200.95
Sep 202224231.0180.75
Sep 202113171.3131.00
Sep 202030371.2301.00
Sep 201926351.4230.88
Sep 201829281.0210.72
Sep 2017 *22231.1200.91
Sep 2016 *21221.1180.86
Sep 2015 *21251.2200.95
Sep 2014 *18150.890.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 88% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%22nd of 113 in Worcestershire
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2575%8%106107
2023/2458%12%103105
2022/2367%3%103104

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
144456 · 885/3026
Trust
Elements Diocesan Learning Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
206 pupils · 155 on roll
Free school meals
43.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2018
Replaced
St Oswald's CofE Primary School (URN 135058); Kidderminster, St Oswald's CofE First School (URN 116827)
Address
Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, DY10 2YL
Local authority
Worcestershire · Wyre Forest

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