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Matchborough First School Academy

  • 3–9Ages
  • 335Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140309URN

Matchborough Way, Matchborough East, Redditch, B98 0GD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

84 applications for 50 places · 90th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 March 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
1.7applications per place, Reception
close to Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

84 applications · 50 places offered · 47 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.5; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202650841.7470.94
Sep 202562981.6621.00
Sep 202450791.6501.00
Sep 202357821.4550.96
Sep 202253941.8490.92
Sep 202159901.5540.92
Sep 2020831141.4690.83
Sep 2019571041.8510.89
Sep 2018731081.5650.89
Sep 201761851.4621.02
Sep 2016781281.6710.91
Sep 2015761121.5730.96
Sep 2014671011.5620.93

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140309 · 885/2919
Trust
Central Region Schools Trust
Capacity
310 pupils · 335 on roll
Free school meals
28.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Matchborough First School (URN 132821)
Address
Matchborough Way, Matchborough East, Redditch, B98 0GD
Local authority
Worcestershire · Redditch

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