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Heronswood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Heronswood Road, Kidderminster DY10 4EX · heronswoodprimaryschool.co.uk · 0156269750
On the mapSearch near DY10 4EX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Worcestershire 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 485
- 96% of 504 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Worcestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 54 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 87% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Worcestershire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Heronswood Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 30 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135053), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135053)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 101
- 22% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (26%) with SEND