The Vaynor First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–9 · Redditch, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.173 miles
Published by Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Vaynor First School is a primary school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 4–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Vaynor 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 | 2.173 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 2.173 miles away, the 42nd longest of 83 Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 87 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 83 went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- 6.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% 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
- Tennyson Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, B97 5BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 425 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “The Vaynor First School has high expectations for pupils.”
- “Pupils are ‘inspired to be the best they can be’.”
- “They work hard in lessons, take pride in their work and participate very well.”
To improve
- “However, at times they do not fully benefit from the curriculum.”
- “This is because the school does not always make effective use of strategies to check what pupils know and can do, and to move on to new learning as soon as they are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 87 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 83 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 Luke's CofE First School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crabbs Cross Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Webheath Academy Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oak Hill First School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Batchley First and Nursery School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holyoakes Field First School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodrow First School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published