Woodrow First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Redditch, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodrow First School is a primary school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Woodrow 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 94 of the 177 other Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 35.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire.
- The school has 17.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.8 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
- Longdon Close, Woodrow South, Redditch, B98 7UZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 265 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “‘We care, we share, we learn together’ is at the heart of Woodrow First school.”
- “Pupils and staff show this as soon as you enter the building.”
- “Pupils speak positively about the support they receive from staff and enjoy learning.”
To improve
- “However, despite this ambitious curriculum, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “This is because some aspects of the curriculum are not as fully developed as others.”
- “While some aspects of pupils’ writing have improved, the school is aware that more work is needed to embed pupils’ key writing skills further.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 35 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.
- St Thomas More Catholic First School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak Hill First School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crabbs Cross Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Matchborough First School Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE First School and Nursery 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Vaynor First School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arrow Valley First School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published