Oak Hill First School
Oak Hill First School is a converter academy in Redditch for boys and girls aged 3 to 9. It has 440 pupils and room for 450. About 23 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.
Wirehill Drive, Lodge Park, Redditch, B98 7JU01527 528523oakhillfirstschool.org.ukMrs Sarah Allen-Fletcher headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: 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.
About 42 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.
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 the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 25.8 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 25.8 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (78), emotional and mental health (17), Hearing impairment (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 440 | 430 | 447 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.9% 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 | 6.1% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 2.6% | 3.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.1% | 19.5% | 18.4% | 24.1% | 8.3% | 9.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 4.2 | 1.3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Oak Hill First School, the school this one replaced in January 2024. 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodfield Academy | Academy | 270 m | 542 | No overall grade 2024 | 10 | Compare |
| St Bede's Catholic Middle School | Academy | 600 m | 646 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| St George's CofE First School and Nursery | Academy | 950 m | 170 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| St Luke's CofE First School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 138 | Requires improvement 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic First School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 189 | No overall grade 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| Woodrow First School | Council | 1.0 miles | 265 | Good 2024 | 45 | Compare |
| St Stephen's CofE First School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 171 | Good 2024 | 64 | Compare |
| Holyoakes Field First School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 315 | No overall grade 2024 | 55 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Oak Hill First School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Oak Hill First School yet.
How many pupils does Oak Hill First School have?
440 pupils aged 3 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 450 places, so it is 98% full.
Is Oak Hill First School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 42 places were empty in 2024/25 (9% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Oak Hill First School?
Pupils were in school 93.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Oak Hill First School?
The average class had 25.8 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
- Wirehill Drive, Lodge Park, Redditch, B98 7JU
- Telephone
- 01527 528523
- Website
- www.oakhillfirstschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Allen-Fletcher
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-9, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Central Region Schools Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Greenlands & Lakeside
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2024 (academy converter)
- URN
- 150403 · LAESTAB 8852920 · UKPRN 10093865
- Formerly
- Oak Hill 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.