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Charford First School

  • 2–9Ages
  • 498Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 150394URN

Charford Road, Charford, Bromsgrove, B60 3NH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

115 applications for 73 places · 109th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

Inspection history

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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

115 applications · 73 places offered · 66 named it first

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

Dashed bars: as Charford First School (URN 116659), 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 2026731151.6660.90
Sep 2025861411.6700.81
Sep 2024 *901591.8911.01
Sep 2023 *901581.8840.93
Sep 2022 *761471.9660.87
Sep 2021 *901651.8720.80
Sep 2020 *901451.6780.87
Sep 2019 *901751.9911.01
Sep 2018 *891571.8770.87
Sep 2017 *761311.7650.86
Sep 2016 *901431.6690.77
Sep 2015 *901451.6720.80
Sep 2014 *901551.7880.98

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  • Does not apply

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
150394 · 885/2016
Trust
Worcestershire Hills Trust
Capacity
521 pupils · 498 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 June 2024
Replaced
Charford First School (URN 116659)
Address
Charford Road, Charford, Bromsgrove, B60 3NH
Local authority
Worcestershire · Bromsgrove

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