Schools in Kidderminster
Kidderminster and the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire have 33 schools - 22 primaries, four secondaries, and one special school. Twelve schools carry a faith designation, primarily Church of England and Catholic. The area's four secondary schools serve both Kidderminster town and the surrounding rural Wyre Forest District.
Worcestershire County Council administers school admissions across the area. Families living on the eastern edge of Kidderminster near the Bromsgrove border should check which authority's co-ordinated scheme covers their address. The town's four secondaries have seen growing demand from families moving from Birmingham's outer suburbs, with the last-distance-offered figure tightening at the most popular schools in recent admission cycles.
School demand in Kidderminster
Across the 33 schools in Kidderminster with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
12 schools in Kidderminster have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Kidderminster are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Worcestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
16 of the schools in Kidderminster have a current Ofsted rating, of which 15 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Kidderminster: 6 oversubscribed (22)
Blakedown CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Kidderminster · DY10 3JN
Farlow CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Kidderminster · DY14 0RQ
Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Kidderminster · DY10 4QN
Comberton Primary School
Primary · Community school
KIDDERMINSTER · DY10 3ED
Cookley Sebright Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Kidderminster · DY10 3TA
Franche Primary School
Primary · Community school
Kidderminster · DY11 5QB
St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Kidderminster · DY11 5HP
Offmore Primary School
Primary · Community school
KIDDERMINSTER · DY10 3HA
St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Kidderminster · DY10 2LX
Heronswood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Kidderminster · DY10 4EX
St Ambrose Catholic Primary
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY10 1RP
Cleobury Mortimer Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY14 8PE
Stottesdon CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY14 8UE
Hartlebury CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY11 7TD
St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY10 2YL
Birchen Coppice Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Kidderminster · DY11 7JJ
St George's CofE School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Kidderminster · DY10 2BX
St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Kidderminster · DY11 6AP
Foley Park Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY11 7AW
Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY11 5TP
Sutton Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY11 6PH
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY14 9TQ
Secondary Schools in Kidderminster (4)
Wolverley CofE Secondary School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school
Kidderminster · DY11 5XQ
King Charles I School
Secondary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY10 1XA
The Lacon Childe School
Secondary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY14 8PE
Baxter College
Secondary · Academy converter
Kidderminster · DY11 5PQ
Other Schools in Kidderminster (7)
Heathfield Knoll School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Kidderminster · DY10 3QE
Wyre Forest School
Not applicable · Community special school
Kidderminster · DY11 6FA
Continu Plus Academy
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision
Kidderminster · DY11 7FB
Holy Trinity School
Special · Free schools
Kidderminster · DY10 2BY
Compass Community School Vicarage Park
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Kidderminster · DY14 8UH
Unity Academy
Not applicable · Free schools alternative provision
Kidderminster · DY10 2QJ
Aurora Wilden View School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Kidderminster · DY11 7RR
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Kidderminster are set by Worcestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.