Schools in Redditch
Redditch has 37 schools, with 20 primaries and a notably high 11 secondary schools, all administered by Worcestershire County Council. Redditch's new-town layout - built during the 1970s expansion - created distinct residential zones, and school catchment areas broadly reflect this planned geography. Worcestershire County Council uses straight-line distance as the primary tiebreaker for community schools after looked-after children and siblings.
Secondary admissions in Redditch are non-selective; Worcestershire does not operate grammar schools in this area. The relatively high number of secondary schools for the town's population means year-group sizes are spread across more schools. Families should check the published admission numbers for each school carefully. Redditch borders the West Midlands conurbation, and some families living near the boundary with Bromsgrove or Solihull may have access to schools in those districts as well.
School demand in Redditch
Across the 33 schools in Redditch with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
10 schools in Redditch have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
29 of the schools in Redditch are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Worcestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
13 of the schools in Redditch have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Redditch: 3 oversubscribed (20)
Batchley First and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Redditch · B97 6PD
Tenacres First School
Primary · Community school
Redditch · B98 0PB
Woodrow First School
Primary · Community school
Redditch · B98 7UZ
Moons Moat First School
Primary · Community school
Redditch · B98 9HR
The Vaynor First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 5BL
Webheath Academy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 5RJ
Crabbs Cross Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B97 5JH
Astwood Bank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B96 6EH
Matchborough First School Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 0GD
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 5RR
Abbeywood First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 9LR
Holyoakes Field First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 6HF
St George's CofE First School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B98 8LU
St Stephen's CofE First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B98 8HW
St Thomas More Catholic First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 7RY
Feckenham CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B96 6QD
Arrow Valley First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B98 0LH
Oak Hill First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 7JU
St Luke's CofE First School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B97 4NU
Beoley First School
Primary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 9AN
Secondary Schools in Redditch (5)
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 8HB
Arrow Vale High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B98 0GF
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 7UH
St Augustine's Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 5LX
Ridgeway Secondary School
Secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B96 6BD
Other Schools in Redditch (12)
Heart of Worcestershire College
All through · Further education
Redditch · B98 8DW
The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Redditch · B98 7UZ
The Forge Secondary Short Stay School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Redditch · B98 8HF
Woodfield Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 7HH
Ipsley CofE Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy sponsor led
Redditch · B98 0UB
Walkwood Church of England Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 5AQ
Kingfisher School
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Redditch · B98 0HF
St Bede's Catholic Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 7HA
Church Hill Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B98 9LR
Birchensale Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter
Redditch · B97 6HT
Pitcheroak School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Redditch · B97 6PQ
Your Ideas School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Redditch · B98 0BU
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Redditch are set by Worcestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.