Crabbs Cross Academy
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Crabbs Cross Academy is a sponsored academy in Redditch for boys and girls aged 5 to 9. It has 165 pupils and room for 225. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 6 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 9% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross, Redditch, B97 5JH01527 543624crabbscross.worcs.sch.ukMrs Sallyanne Dunstan headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 September 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
101 places were empty (34% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 13% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
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.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 22.8 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 24.7 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (19), Other difficulty or disability (5), emotional and mental health (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 165 | 200 | 211 | 218 | 231 | 255 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 26% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 27% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 9% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 15% | 17% | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.9% 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 | 5.1% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.8% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.3% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 11.8% | 15.7% | 16.6% | 19.8% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 8.0 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 10.4 | 2.4 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vaynor First School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 425 | No overall grade 2025 | 72 | Compare |
| Walkwood Church of England Middle School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 627 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
| Woodrow First School | Council | 1.0 miles | 265 | Good 2024 | 45 | Compare |
| St Luke's CofE First School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 138 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Astwood Bank Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 418 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic First School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 189 | No overall grade 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| Oak Hill First School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 440 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Woodfield Academy | Academy | 1.4 miles | 542 | No overall grade 2024 | 10 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Crabbs Cross Academy with the 44 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 44 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 6 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 6% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 2 to 13. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | well below | -0.98 | Ofsted grade, 2.0 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | in line | +0.04 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | +0.02 | 2024/25; 170 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Crabbs Cross Academy a good school?
The figures are weak. Crabbs Cross Academy scores 6 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 9% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 2 to 13, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Crabbs Cross Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Crabbs Cross Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 24 September 2024.
How many pupils does Crabbs Cross Academy have?
165 pupils aged 5 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 225 places, so it is 73% full.
Is Crabbs Cross Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 101 places were empty in 2024/25 (34% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Crabbs Cross Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 12% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Crabbs Cross Academy?
The average class had 23.6 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
- Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross, Redditch, B97 5JH
- Telephone
- 01527 543624
- Website
- www.crabbscross.worcs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sallyanne Dunstan
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Shires Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Astwood Bank & Feckenham
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2013 (new provision)
- URN
- 139825 · LAESTAB 8852001 · UKPRN 10042415
- Formerly
- The Harry Taylor 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, academy accounts return 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.