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The Vaynor First School

PrimaryAges 4–9Academy

Redditch, B97 5BL · Worcestershire local authority

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

Getting in
83/87
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
425 pupils
94% of its 450 places
Free school meals
6%
6 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Vaynor First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • 95% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (83 of 87)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B97 5) sold for a median £310,000; Redditch’s is £250,000
Getting in

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

95% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

87
families put it first for September 2026
89
places offered
95%
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 (3), 2020 (7), 2023 (11), 2026 (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. Shires Multi Academy Trust 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
The Vaynor First
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
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

437 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
10.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 44%Boys 56%
Its letter

No letter for The Vaynor 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.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), June 2025. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, January 2020.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Vaynor First School

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

Home prices in B97 5, the school’s postcode sector

Redditch property prices →
£310,000
median sale, 775 sales in 36 months · Redditch £250,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025B97 5Redditch
B97 5Redditch

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£410K
Semi-detached
£278K
Terraced
£220K
Flat
£145K
B97 5Redditch

Homes in B97 5 sell for well 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

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−D−C−BB+DThe Vaynor First School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redditch, B97 5BL

The Vaynor First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into The Vaynor First School?

For September 2026, 87 families put The Vaynor First School first and 83 of them were offered a place; 89 places were offered in all.

What is The Vaynor First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).

How much do houses cost near The Vaynor First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B97 5, sold for a median £310,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (775 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.