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Finstall First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Community school
Carnforth Road, Bromsgrove B60 2HS · finstallfirst.co.uk · 01527 872938
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- 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
- 296
- 99% of 300 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Free school meals
- 2%
- First language not English
- 3%
- 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, 48 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 96% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Finstall First School on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (123 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 123
- 42% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (11%) with SEND