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Charford First School

PrimaryAges 2–9Academy

Bromsgrove, B60 3NH · Worcestershire local authority

Bromsgrove’s School Grade B better than 57% of towns in England

Getting in
66/66
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
498 pupils
96% of its 521 places
Free school meals
19%
19 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Charford First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (66 of 66)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B60 3) sold for a median £265,000; Bromsgrove’s is £283,232
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Charford First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

66
families put it first for September 2026
73
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (8), 2020 (1), 2021 (2), 2023 (8), 2024 (4). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Worcestershire Hills Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Worcestershire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Bromsgrove, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.47 per place
67% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
Charford First
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
0.87 per place
100% got their first choice
0.85 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

504 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
11.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Charford First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Charford First School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B60 3, the school’s postcode sector

Bromsgrove property prices →
£265,000
median sale, 333 sales in 36 months · Bromsgrove £283,232

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025B60 3Bromsgrove
B60 3Bromsgrove

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£433K
Semi-detached
£259K
Terraced
£235K
Flat
£145K
B60 3Bromsgrove

Homes in B60 3 sell for a little under Bromsgrove’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

10 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBB−B+B−C+Charford First School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bromsgrove, B60 3NH

Charford First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Charford First School?

For September 2026, 66 families put Charford First School first and all of them were offered a place; 73 places were offered in all.

What is Charford First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2023).

How much do houses cost near Charford First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B60 3, sold for a median £265,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (333 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bromsgrove’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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