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St Luke's CofE First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Sponsored academy
Plymouth Road North, Southcrest, Redditch B97 4NU · stlukesfirst.worcs.sch.uk · 01527 541219
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 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
- 138
- 92% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21%
- First language not English
- 54.3%
- 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, 21 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 17 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
St Luke's CofE First School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116844)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116844), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116844)
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116844)
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116844)
Jun 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116844)