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Batchley First and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–9Community

Redditch, B97 6PD · Worcestershire local authority

Redditch’s School Grade D better than 6% of towns in England

Getting in
33/33
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
233 pupils
78% of its 300 places
Free school meals
45%
45 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Batchley First and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, February 2026: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (33 of 33)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B97 6) sold for a median £266,500; Redditch’s is £250,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Batchley First and Nursery School?

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

33
families put it first for September 2026
35
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

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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 council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Worcestershire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Redditch, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.07 per place
89% got their first choice
1.07 per place
92% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
95% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
Batchley First and Nursery
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
95% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

260 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
27.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
18.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Batchley First and Nursery 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.

Report card, inspection starting February 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Requires improvement, June 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), November 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Batchley First and Nursery School

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

Home prices in B97 6, the school’s postcode sector

Redditch property prices →
£266,500
median sale, 474 sales in 36 months · Redditch £250,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025B97 6Redditch
B97 6Redditch

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£375K
Semi-detached
£250K
Terraced
£240K
Flat
£134K
B97 6Redditch

Homes in B97 6 sell for a little over Redditch’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

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−C−B+DBatchley First and Nursery …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redditch, B97 6PD

Batchley First and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Batchley First and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 33 families put Batchley First and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 35 places were offered in all.

What is Batchley First and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (February 2026) gave a report card: achievement needs attention, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Batchley First and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B97 6, sold for a median £266,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (474 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; Redditch’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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