Meadows First School

Primary · ages 4-9MixedAcademyNurseryBromsgrove Worcestershire

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Attendance96.5%England 94.8%

Meadows First School is a converter academy in Bromsgrove for boys and girls aged 4 to 9.

Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0AH01527 872508meadowsfirst.co.ukMr Leigh Satchwell head teacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 900 m away in 2026, 810 m away in 2025, 920 m away in 2024. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

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. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 900 m from the school, under the catchment area rule. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

Entry	Places	How far the last child lived	Source
2026 Primary	60	900 m (catchment area)	LA
2025 Primary	60	810 m (catchment area)	LA
2024 Primary	60	920 m (distance, outside the catchment area)	LA
2023 Primary	60	1.9 miles (catchment area)	LA
2022 Primary	60	0.7 miles (catchment area)	LA
2021 Primary	60	0.6 miles (catchment area)	LA
2020 Primary	60	890 m (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.

What a home within 900 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 900 m of the school£257,000half sold for £195k to £305k

Homes sold317December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry

Compared with the district-24%a typical home in the district sells for £340,000

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll–

Places350

Pupils from low-income families11%11% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English4%First language is not English

Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)9%£41,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%

White British pupils82%

Specialist SEND provision. SEN unit with 10 pupils, for autism.

To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Worcestershire with autism provision.

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.5%

England 94.8%

Official name: 100 minus overall absence

Pupils missing a lot of school6.9%

England 12.8%

Official name: Persistent absence

Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25

Attendance year by year

Measure	2024/25†	2023/24†	2022/23†	2021/22†	2020/21†	2018/19†	England
Sessions missedOverall absence	3.5%	4.6%	4.3%	6.7%	3.3%	3.6%	5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence	2.8%	3.4%	3.3%	5.5%	3.0%	3.2%	–
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence	0.8%	1.2%	1.0%	1.1%	0.3%	0.5%	–
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence	6.9%	8.2%	7.4%	18.4%	7.0%	7.8%	12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Meadows First School, the school this one replaced in April 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

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.

Spend per pupil£7,886England £7,738. Total £2.6m

Income per pupil£7,872England £7,697. Total £2.6m

Spent on teachers per pupil£3,256England £3,480

Money in reserve6%Not much put by: £163k, £493 per pupil. England 6%

Money in against money out-£4,818it spent more than it took in this year

Where the money goes£7,886spent per pupil

41%24%15%12%

Teachers 41%Support staff 24%Supply staff 1%Buildings 15%Learning resources 2%Catering 4%Everything else 12%

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

Crimes within 500 m39512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate63 per 1,000 people31% lower than the England average

Typical house price£340,000Bromsgrove

Nearest bus stop100 mPrincess of Wales Hospital, 9 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Parkside Middle School	Council	70 m	593	Good 2019	68	Compare
St John's Church of England Middle School Academy	Academy	0.7 miles	658	Good 2023	50	Compare
The Orchards School	Academy	0.7 miles	230	Good 2024	29	Compare
Finstall First School	Council	0.8 miles	296	No overall grade 2025	94	Compare
Lickey End First School	Council	0.9 miles	147	Good 2024	43	Compare
Aston Fields Middle School	Council	1.1 miles	598	No overall grade 2024	91	Compare
Millfields First School	Council	1.1 miles	257	Good 2024	54	Compare
St Peter's Catholic First School	Academy	1.1 miles	219	Good 2022	52	Compare

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Questions parents ask

Is Meadows First School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Meadows First School yet.

How many pupils does Meadows First School have?

The number of pupils is not published.

Is Meadows First School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 900 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Meadows First School?

Pupils were in school 96.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 7% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

Does Meadows First School have specialist SEND provision?

Yes. It has sen unit for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0AH
Telephone: 01527 872508
Website: www.meadowsfirst.co.uk
Head Teacher: Mr Leigh Satchwell
Type of school: Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase: Primary school, ages 4-9, with nursery
Gender: Mixed
Multi-academy trust: Aequalis Education Trust (5 schools)
Local authority: Worcestershire
Ward: Lowes Hill
Constituency: Bromsgrove
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 April 2026 (academy converter)
URN: 151580 · LAESTAB 8852019 · UKPRN 10097418
Formerly: Meadows First School

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

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.
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.
House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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