Beoley First School
Beoley First School is a converter academy in Redditch for boys and girls aged 4 to 9. It has 104 pupils and room for 120. About 1 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Beoley Lane, Beoley, Beoley First School, Beoley Lane. B98 9an, Redditch, B98 9AN0152762295beoley.worcs.sch.ukMr Stephen Philp headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 30 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that, although the inspectors did raise some concerns, so a full inspection will follow. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.
| Entry | Places | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 30 | – all offered | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 20 | – all offered | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 20 | – all offered | LA |
| 2023 Primary | 20 | 0.7 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2022 Primary | 20 | 0.8 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2021 Primary | 20 | 1.5 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2020 Primary | 20 | 2.2 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 22.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 18.5 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (5), emotional and mental health (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.1% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 2.0% | 3.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.7% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 1.8% | 2.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 9.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 2.6% | 5.1% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Beoley First School, the school this one replaced in October 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill Middle School | Academy | 930 m | 388 | Good 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| Abbeywood First School | Academy | 940 m | 255 | Good 2020 | 30 | Compare |
| Moons Moat First School | Council | 1.0 miles | 170 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Arrow Valley First School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 137 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Tenacres First School | Council | 1.5 miles | 277 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| Ipsley CofE Middle School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 640 | Not inspected | 26 | Compare |
| St Stephen's CofE First School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 171 | Good 2024 | 64 | Compare |
| St George's CofE First School and Nursery | Academy | 1.9 miles | 170 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Beoley First School a good school?
Beoley First School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in April 2024.
What is Beoley First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Beoley First School good at its last full inspection on 30 April 2024.
How many pupils does Beoley First School have?
104 pupils aged 4 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 120 places, so it is 87% full.
What is attendance like at Beoley First School?
Pupils were in school 95.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Beoley First School?
The average class had 20.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Beoley Lane, Beoley, Beoley First School, Beoley Lane. B98 9an, Redditch, B98 9AN
- Telephone
- 0152762295
- Website
- beoley.worcs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Philp
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Shires Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Alvechurch South
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 October 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152048 · LAESTAB 8852008 · UKPRN 10098494
- Formerly
- Beoley First School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Worcestershire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.