Tardebigge CofE First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–9 · Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.65 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tardebigge CofE First School is a primary school in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire for ages 5–9 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 January 2022. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Tardebigge CofE 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 | 1.65 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.65 miles away, the 26th shortest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2020; every applicant was offered a place in 3 of the 7 years with a published outcome.
- There were 37 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026, 1.2 per offer, the 10th highest of 174 Worcestershire primary schools.
- In 2026, 26 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Church Lane, Tardebigge, Bromsgrove, B60 3AH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 January 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils say that they feel safe and are very happy.”
- “There is a tangible family feel.”
- “The local community feels involved and welcomed at school activities and events.”
To improve
- “However, some teaching does not check pupils' understanding effectively enough to spot their errors or misunderstanding.”
- “Some pupils’ essential writing skills such as spelling and handwriting need improvement.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not gain all the basic knowledge and skills that they need.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Finstall First School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Batchley First and Nursery School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackwell First School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Charford First School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Webheath Academy Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meadows First School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lickey End First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published