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Primary · B60 · Worcestershire

Blackwell First School

St Catherine's Road, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, B60 1BN

WORCESTERSHIRE HILLS TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance97%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils151

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in B60. Where we have them, council (Bromsgrove) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
151
Free school meals
2%
10.1% below district average (12.1%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
20.5%
Same as district average (20.5%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
1.2%
0.7% below district average (1.9%)
Attendance
97%
1.2% above district average (95.8%)

Also: England 94.8%

Persistent absence
4.1%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the B60 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
150
Pupils on roll
151

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Worcestershire page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates