Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry147 applications · 29 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 5.1; Worcestershire median median 1.9
- 2025 4.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
- 2024 3.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 3.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 4.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 4.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 5.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 5.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 4.5; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 5.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 5.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 5.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Worcestershire median
Dashed bars: as Blackwell First School (URN 116665), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 147 | 5.1 | 59 | 2.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 118 | 4.1 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 145 | 4.8 | 52 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 136 | 4.5 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2020 * | 29 | 151 | 5.2 | 45 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 150 | 5.2 | 57 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 135 | 4.5 | 58 | 1.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 155 | 5.2 | 57 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 149 | 5.0 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 107 | 3.7 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 40 | 1.82 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Blackwell First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20235.1applications per place
- 2.0 km · WorcestershireGood20243.9applications per place
- 2.2 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place
- 2.4 km · WorcestershireGood20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
- 3.1 km · WorcestershireStandards maintained2025
- 3.1 km · WorcestershireRemains Good20221.5applications per place
- 3.5 km · Worcestershire20262.9applications per place
- 3.7 km · Worcestershire20261.8applications 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150677 · 885/2022
- Trust
- Worcestershire Hills Trust
- Capacity
- 184 pupils · 187 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2024
- Replaced
- Blackwell First School (URN 116665)
- Address
- St Catherine's Road, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, B60 1BN
- Local authority
- Worcestershire · Bromsgrove
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources