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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 3 February 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 6 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 24 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry52 applications · 35 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2020 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 35 | 52 | 1.5 | 33 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 43 | 59 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 39 | 61 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 54 | 82 | 1.5 | 50 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 48 | 65 | 1.4 | 38 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 57 | 81 | 1.4 | 50 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 86 | 1.5 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 90 | 1.5 | 48 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 50 | 80 | 1.6 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 52 | 74 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 89 | 1.5 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 82 | 1.4 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 57 | 72 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.86 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Batchley First and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place
- 1.0 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 1.2 km · WorcestershireRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 1.2 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · WorcestershireRequires improvement20241.7applications per place
- 2.2 km · WorcestershireGood20241.6applications per place
- 2.2 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place
- 2.3 km · Worcestershire20261.4applications per place
- 2.7 km · WorcestershireNot yet inspected1.3applications per place
- 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
- 116721 · 885/2128
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 233 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Cherry Tree Walk, Batchley, Redditch, B97 6PD
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Redditch
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources