Tenacres First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–9 · Redditch, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.695 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tenacres First School is a primary school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 5–9 (community school). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Tenacres First School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.695 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.695 miles away, the longest of the 4 years with a published distance and further than in 2020.
- That Reception 2026 figure was the 27th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 2.17 miles.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 64 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- There are 21.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Quibury Close, Winyates East, Redditch, B98 0PB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 277 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming school because they feel included and valued.”
- “They say that staff are kind and caring and help them when they need support.”
- “Warm relationships help pupils feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, teaching of other subjects is less effective.”
- “For instance, some pupils do not develop writing skills as quickly and securely as they should.”
- “However, these developments are at an early stage, and gaps in pupils' knowledge remain.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Worcestershire.
- Arrow Valley First School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Matchborough First School Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moons Moat First School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbeywood First School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beoley First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic First School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak Hill First School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE First School and Nursery 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published