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Woodrow First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 265Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116730URN

Longdon Close, Woodrow South, Redditch, B98 7UZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

58 applications for 39 places · 123rd of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 4 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

58 applications · 39 places offered · 35 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202639581.5350.90
Sep 202551681.3490.96
Sep 202442581.4400.95
Sep 202346731.6410.89
Sep 202249721.5430.88
Sep 202146831.8440.96
Sep 202055691.3480.87
Sep 201959971.6631.07
Sep 201860861.4631.05
Sep 201752811.6521.00
Sep 201660911.5681.13
Sep 201556741.3540.96
Sep 201455731.3510.93

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
116730 · 885/2137
Capacity
326 pupils · 265 on roll
Free school meals
38.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Longdon Close, Woodrow South, Redditch, B98 7UZ
Local authority
Worcestershire · Redditch

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources