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Catshill First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Gibb Lane, Catshill, Bromsgrove B61 0JP · catshillfirst.co.uk · 01527 872913
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Worcestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 315
- 15 over 300 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.1%
- First language not English
- 3.5%
- 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, 46 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 46 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 96% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Catshill First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116658)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116658), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116658)
Oct 2011Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116658)