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Charford First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Charford Road, Charford, Bromsgrove B60 3NH · charford.worcs.sch.uk · 01527 873778
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- 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
- 498
- 96% of 521 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.6%
- First language not English
- 3.6%
- 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, 66 families put the school first and 73 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 | 73 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 70 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 91 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 84 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 76 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Charford First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116659)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116659), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116659)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116659)