School admissions in Redditch
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 19 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Redditch in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 20 schools in Redditch first 822 times for 839 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Worcestershire authority's 177 schools. 4 of the 20 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.87 miles (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School) to 2.17 miles (The Vaynor First School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
20 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astwood Bank Primary School | 1.30 | 57 | 1.397 miles |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School | 1.07 | 60 | 0.869 miles |
| Tenacres First School | 1.07 | 60 | 1.695 miles |
| St George's CofE First School and Nursery | 1.03 | 29 | not published |
| Abbeywood First School | 1.00 | 34 | not published |
| The Vaynor First School | 0.98 | 89 | 2.173 miles |
| Holyoakes Field First School | 0.96 | 51 | 1.17 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic First School | 0.96 | 45 | not published |
| Batchley First and Nursery School | 0.94 | 35 | not published |
| Matchborough First School Academy | 0.94 | 50 | not published |
| Webheath Academy Primary School | 0.93 | 59 | 1.5 miles |
| St Stephen's CofE First School | 0.93 | 28 | 0.798 miles |
| Arrow Valley First School | 0.93 | 27 | not published |
| St Luke's CofE First School | 0.91 | 23 | 0.588 miles |
| Oak Hill First School | 0.91 | 77 | not published |
| Woodrow First School | 0.90 | 39 | not published |
| Beoley First School | 0.88 | 26 | 0.699 miles |
| Moons Moat First School | 0.88 | 17 | not published |
| Crabbs Cross Academy | 0.86 | 21 | not published |
| Feckenham CofE Primary School | 0.75 | 12 | 1.965 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.