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Swan Lane First School

PrimaryAges 4–10Community

Evesham, WR11 4QA · Worcestershire local authority

Evesham’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England

Getting in
31/31
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
293 pupils
81% of its 360 places
Free school meals
23%
23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Swan Lane First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (31 of 31)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WR11 4) sold for a median £245,250; Evesham’s is £267,250
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Swan Lane First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

31
families put it first for September 2026
31
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Worcestershire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Worcestershire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Evesham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.09 per place
91% got their first choice
Swan Lane First
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

292 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
15.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
39.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 43%Boys 57%
Its letter

No letter for Swan Lane First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, March 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), January 2020.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Swan Lane First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WR11 4, the school’s postcode sector

Evesham property prices →
£245,250
median sale, 296 sales in 36 months · Evesham £267,250

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025WR11 4Evesham
WR11 4Evesham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£525K
Semi-detached
£285K
Terraced
£220K
Flat
£132K
WR11 4Evesham

Homes in WR11 4 sell for a little under Evesham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDBB−C−Swan Lane First School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Evesham, WR11 4QA

Swan Lane First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Swan Lane First School?

For September 2026, 31 families put Swan Lane First School first and all of them were offered a place; 31 places were offered in all.

What is Swan Lane First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).

How much do houses cost near Swan Lane First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WR11 4, sold for a median £245,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (296 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Evesham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.