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Arrow Valley First School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Sponsored academy

Colts Lane, Redditch B98 0LH · arrowvalleyfirstschool.co.uk · 01527 528111

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
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
137
59% of 234 places
Local authority
Worcestershire
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
30.8%
First language not English
19%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Central Region Schools Trust

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, 25 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 20 (Places 22)20September 2023: 27 (Places 30)27September 2024: 23 (Places 23)23September 2025: 22 (Places 24)22September 2026: 25 (Places 27)25Places 27
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202627250.9100%
September 2025Sept 202524220.9100%
September 2024Sept 202423231100%
September 2023Sept 202330270.9100%
September 2022Sept 202222200.9100%

Ofsted

Arrow Valley First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
20 Feb 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116733), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Dec 2019Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Early yearsRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116733)

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116733)

  • Nov 2007Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116733)

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
89%
Replies
18
12% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲94% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲94% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲100% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼78% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲92% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 22% who had a child bullied

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