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Pitcheroak School

Special schoolAges 4–19AcademySixth form

Redditch, B97 6PQ · Worcestershire local authority

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

How full
159 pupils
103% of its 155 places
Free school meals
50%
50 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Pitcheroak School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B97 6) sold for a median £266,500; Redditch’s is £250,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

156 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
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 26%Boys 74%
Its letter

No letter for Pitcheroak School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

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 January 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Sixth formExpected standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Pitcheroak 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

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−C−B+DPitcheroak School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Redditch, B97 6PQ

Pitcheroak School: common questions

What is Pitcheroak School’s Ofsted rating?

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

How much do houses cost near Pitcheroak 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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