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Clent Parochial Primary School

Voluntary controlled school in Clent, DY9 9QP, taking ages 5 to 11, 109 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Jan 2026
4.74 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
104% Full, over capacity
100.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 4.74 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 4.74 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Clent Parochial Primary School: 4.74 miles, 2026/27 Fairfield First School: 2.07 miles, 2026/27, published by Worcestershire

This is not a catchment area. 4.74 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Clent Parochial Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Worcestershire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Worcestershire, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Clent Parochial Primary School and Fairfield First School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Fairfield First School admitted from 2.07 miles in 2026/27, published by Worcestershire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is B61 at £290,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Clent Parochial Primary SchoolFrom Fairfield First SchoolMedian sold price
B61 Bromsgrove 4.6 mi 2.0 mi £290,000 133 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Worcestershire, 19 of 104 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (18.3%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Clent Parochial Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Hagley Catholic High School Both in reach Secondary 7.96 mi 2026/27 1.9 mi
Pedmore CE Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.43 mi 2025 2.3 mi
Fairfield First School Both in reach Primary 2.07 mi 2026/27 2.7 mi
St Joseph's RC Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.49 mi 2025 3.0 mi

The distance as a picture

Clent Parochial Primary School catchment area map: the 4.74 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 109 pupils in 105 places (104% full, over capacity)
Local authorityWorcestershire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, January 2026: 3 areas strong or exceptional, 4 at the expected standard
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Expected standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
  • Achievement Expected standard
  • Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
  • Early years Strong standard
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Expected standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Meeting the expected standard 100.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 100.0%
2023/24 79.0%
2022/23 67.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Clent Parochial Primary School

Girls and boys54.1% girls, 45.9% boys
English as an additional language1.8% of pupils
Free school meals8.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Clent Parochial Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 4.74 miles: B45, median £240,000. Dearest: DY9, £403,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
B45 Birmingham 4.5 mi £240,000 125 sales
B63 Dudley 3.5 mi £260,000 154 sales
DY8 Dudley 4.1 mi £283,000 196 sales
WV98 Wyre Forest 4.6 mi £283,000 138 sales
B61 Bromsgrove 4.6 mi £290,000 133 sales
B62 Dudley 4.7 mi £315,000 55 sales
DY9 Dudley 1.8 mi £403,000 109 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 4.74 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Clent Parochial Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: The Bell and Cross, 0.1 mi away, with 0.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 08:05, last 18:12.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
The Bell and Cross0.1 mi0.50.00.0318
The Bell and Cross0.1 mi0.60.00.0318
Pool Furlong0.3 mi0.50.00.0318

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Clent Parochial Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around DY9: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at DY9 9QP, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Clent Parochial Primary School?

Clent Parochial Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 4.74 miles away, per Worcestershire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Clent Parochial Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 4.74 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 104% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Clent Parochial Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Worcestershire school's distance

All Worcestershire schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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Admission distance published by Worcestershire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.