Crabbs Cross Academy

Academy sponsor led·First school Redditch, Worcestershire·B97 5JH

School type

First school

Ages 5–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Crabbs Cross Academy is a first school for pupils aged 5–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

18 first choices, 21 places

First choices per place

0.86

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 21 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Crabbs Cross Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–9
Pupils on roll: 200
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

24.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

8.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,475

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Walkwood Church of England Middle School Redditch · 0.8 mi 48.7 Astwood Bank Primary School Redditch · 1.2 mi 47.8 Woodfield Academy Redditch · 1.4 mi 17.6 Webheath Academy Primary School Redditch · 1.6 mi 41.1 St Bede's Catholic Middle School Redditch · 1.6 mi 44.4 Birchensale Middle School Redditch · 2.0 mi 41.0 Ipsley CofE Middle School Redditch · 2.4 mi 51.2 Feckenham CofE Primary School Redditch · 2.4 mi 50.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Crabbs Cross Academy is a primary school serving Redditch, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 200 pupils aged 5 to 9 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Crabbs Cross Academy their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Crabbs Cross Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.