Crabbs Cross Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–9 · 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 🔒
Crabbs Cross Academy is a primary school in Redditch, Worcestershire for ages 5–9 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Crabbs Cross Academy 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 Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 94 of the 177 other Worcestershire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception entry in 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 26.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 17.5%.
- The school has 18.3 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Worcestershire is 22.2.
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
- Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross, Redditch, B97 5JH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy the time they spend together at this caring, happy school.”
- “They feel safe and are confident to speak to adults if they are worried about anything.”
- “The school promotes positive values, with pupils and adults treating one another with respect.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not ensured that the curriculum is taught consistently well in all subjects.”
- “This means that pupils are not yet making the progress that the school expects.”
- “However, pupils do not maintain their focus in lessons as well as the school expects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 18 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.
- The Vaynor First School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodrow First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE First School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Astwood Bank Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic First School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oak Hill First School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Webheath Academy Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published