Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- 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
- 24 February 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 25 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry103 applications · 58 places offered · 50 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- This school
- Worcestershire median
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 58 | 103 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 57 | 100 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 103 | 1.8 | 61 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 84 | 1.7 | 43 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 102 | 1.7 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 97 | 1.6 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 94 | 1.6 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 61 | 106 | 1.7 | 58 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 69 | 1.15 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Crown Meadow First School & NurseryThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place
- 2.0 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place
- 3.7 km · WorcestershireGood20235.1applications per place
- 3.9 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · WorcestershireGood20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · BirminghamRemains Good20233.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.4 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20253.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Birmingham20261.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · BirminghamRemains Good20232.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 116646 · 885/2002
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 337 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7TA
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Bromsgrove
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources