Schoolfile
Search

Academy sponsor led · Worcestershire

Arrow Valley First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 137Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148140URN

Colts Lane, Redditch, B98 0LH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 above Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

58 applications for 27 places · 44th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 February 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
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Worcestershire median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

58 applications · 27 places offered · 25 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.7; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 4 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as Roman Way First School (URN 116733), the previous school.

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 202627582.2250.93
Sep 202524431.8220.92
Sep 202423502.2231.00
Sep 202330481.6270.90
Sep 202222542.5200.91
Sep 2021 *22351.6221.00
Sep 2020 *38631.7310.82
Sep 2019 *19382.0140.74
Sep 2018 *45641.4420.93
Sep 2017 *25502.0251.00
Sep 2016 *44701.6360.82
Sep 2015 *36712.0310.86
Sep 2014 *44811.8420.95

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148140 · 885/2039
Trust
Central Region Schools Trust
Capacity
234 pupils · 137 on roll
Free school meals
30.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2021
Replaced
Roman Way First School (URN 116733)
Address
Colts Lane, Redditch, B98 0LH
Local authority
Worcestershire · Redditch

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