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Crown Meadow First School & Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Community school
Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham B48 7TA · crownmeadow.worcs.sch.uk · 0121 445 4540
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 337
- 37 over 300 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- First language not English
- 1.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Worcestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 96% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Crown Meadow First School & Nursery on 24 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 24 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (98 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Positive
- 84%
- Replies
- 98
- 29% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 12 parents (12%) whose child was bullied
based on 19 parents (19%) with SEND