The Vaynor First School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Tennyson Road
 Headless Cross
 Redditch
 Worcestershire B97 5BL
Telephone: 01527 543187

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 4-9)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
History: This school arose from The Vaynor First School
Trust: Shires Multi Academy Trust
Sponsor: Shires Multi Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Helen Colcombe (since September 2022)
Previous Headteacher: Sallyanne Dunstan (went to Crabbs Cross Academy)
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 19.8 / 11.88
Non-teaching Staff*: 23.68
Number of pupils: 437
Pupils Per Teacher: 22.1
Sex: Mixed (56% boys / 44% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 7.30% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 24.7%
Local child deprivation rate: 11.0% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 10.6%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 31.7%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.3km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Worcestershire
Constituency: Redditch
Electoral Ward: Headless Cross and Oakenshaw
School Number: 8852134

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 17th June 2025 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Walkwood Church of England Middle School (0.1km) show on map
  2. St Luke's CofE First School (1.0km) show on map
  3. Crabbs Cross Academy (1.1km) show on map
  4. Webheath Academy Primary School (1.5km) show on map
  5. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School (1.7km) show on map
  6. St Augustine's Catholic High School (1.9km) show on map
  7. Oak Hill First School (2.0km) show on map
  8. Woodfield Academy (2.2km) show on map
  9. Batchley First and Nursery School (2.3km) show on map
  10. Birchensale Middle School (2.3km) show on map
  11. St Bede's Catholic Middle School (2.3km) show on map
  12. Pitcheroak School (2.3km) show on map
  13. Heart of Worcestershire College (2.3km) show on map
  14. Woodrow First School (2.4km) show on map
  15. The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit (2.4km) show on map
  16. St George's CofE First School and Nursery (2.5km) show on map
  17. St Thomas More Catholic First School (2.5km) show on map
  18. Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre (2.5km) show on map
  19. Astwood Bank Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  20. Holyoakes Field First School (3.0km) show on map
  21. Tudor Grange Academy Redditch (3.0km) show on map
  22. St Stephen's CofE First School (3.0km) show on map
  23. The Forge Secondary Short Stay School (3.1km) show on map
  24. Chestnut Place (3.3km) show on map
  25. Kingfisher School (3.7km) show on map
  26. Arrow Vale High School (3.9km) show on map
  27. Matchborough First School Academy (3.9km) show on map
  28. Ridgeway Secondary School (4.0km) show on map
  29. Ipsley CofE Middle School (4.1km) show on map
  30. Arrow Valley First School (4.1km) show on map
  31. Studley High School (4.1km) show on map
  32. Feckenham CofE Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  33. Studley Infants' School (4.2km) show on map
  34. Moons Moat First School (4.2km) show on map
  35. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  36. Your Ideas School (4.4km) show on map
  37. Tenacres First School (4.6km) show on map
  38. Studley St Mary's CofE Academy (4.6km) show on map
  39. Abbeywood First School (4.6km) show on map
  40. Church Hill Middle School (4.6km) show on map
  41. Tardebigge CofE First School (5.1km) show on map
  42. Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  43. Beoley First School (5.6km) show on map
  44. Lokrum Fields (6.9km) show on map
  45. Coughton CofE Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  46. Crown Meadow First School & Nursery (7.4km) show on map
  47. Alvechurch CofE Middle School (7.4km) show on map
  48. Rigby Hall Day Special School (7.5km) show on map
  49. Aston Fields Middle School (7.7km) show on map
  50. Inkberrow Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  51. Hanbury CofE First School (8.0km) show on map
  52. Finstall First School (8.1km) show on map
  53. Blackwell First School (8.2km) show on map
  54. Charford First School (8.2km) show on map
  55. South Bromsgrove High (8.4km) show on map
  56. Bromsgrove School (8.6km) show on map
  57. St Andrew's CofE First School (8.7km) show on map
  58. North Bromsgrove High School (8.7km) show on map
  59. St Peter's Catholic First School (9.0km) show on map
  60. Graduately Developing Futures (9.1km) show on map
  61. Stoke Prior First School (9.1km) show on map
  62. St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (9.2km) show on map
  63. Meadows First School (9.2km) show on map
  64. Parkside Middle School (9.2km) show on map
  65. Millfields First School (9.3km) show on map
  66. St Nicholas CofE Primary (9.4km) show on map
  67. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (9.4km) show on map
  68. Lickey End First School (9.4km) show on map
  69. Alcester Grammar School (9.4km) show on map
  70. Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School (9.4km) show on map
  71. Fortitude School (9.8km) show on map
  72. St Benedict's Catholic High School (9.8km) show on map
  73. Alcester Academy (10.0km) show on map
  74. Great Alne Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  75. Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery (10.3km) show on map
  76. The Orchards School (10.5km) show on map
  77. Meadow Green Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  78. Catshill Middle School (11.0km) show on map
  79. Catshill First School (11.0km) show on map
  80. Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College (11.0km) show on map
  81. Chadsgrove School (11.0km) show on map
  82. Wychbold First and Nursery School (11.1km) show on map
  83. Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery (11.1km) show on map
  84. Cofton Primary School (11.4km) show on map
  85. New Ways School (11.5km) show on map
  86. Henley-in-Arden Montessori Primary School (11.7km) show on map
  87. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (11.8km) show on map
  88. Venture Academy (11.8km) show on map
  89. Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School (11.8km) show on map
  90. Hawkesley Church Primary Academy (11.8km) show on map
  91. Henley In Arden School (11.8km) show on map
  92. Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor (11.8km) show on map
  93. Dodford First School (11.9km) show on map
  94. Flyford Flavell Primary School (11.9km) show on map
  95. Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy (11.9km) show on map
  96. Rednal Hill Junior School (12.0km) show on map
  97. Rednal Hill Infant School (12.0km) show on map
  98. St Columba's Catholic Primary School (12.1km) show on map
  99. Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School (12.1km) show on map
  100. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (12.1km) show on map
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Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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