Oak Hill First School

About Oak Hill First School

Oak Hill First School in Redditch is a state primary for children aged 3 to 9, currently home to 430 pupils against a capacity of 450. That near-full roll suggests the school is well placed in the local community, and the demand is clearly there: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 96 applications for 69 places, with 62 of those coming as first preferences. That works out at roughly 1.4 applicants per place, a solid signal of popularity. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sits at 20%, which is above the national average for primary schools and gives the intake a noticeably more diverse socioeconomic mix than some of its Worcestershire neighbours. The school is non-religious, co-educational, and includes a nursery provision, so it caters for families from the very start of the school journey through to Year 4.

Academically, Oak Hill has a solid track record. Its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2015, rated the school Good overall, with leadership and management also judged Good and early years provision rated Good. A subsequent ungraded inspection in 2019 confirmed the school remains Good, a reassuring sign of consistency. The previous inspection in 2013 had rated the school Requires Improvement, so the improvement trajectory is clear. While the data doesn’t include specific KS2 SATs results for Oak Hill, the local authority average for KS2 attainment across Worcestershire primary schools is 61, which gives a useful benchmark. The school sits within a local authority that has 13 Outstanding primaries out of 180 total, so Good is a respectable and common rating in this context. Parents looking for a school that has demonstrably improved and held its ground will find that reassuring.

The school offers a decent range of facilities for a primary, including a gymnasium, sports hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, and a sensory room, which is a thoughtful addition for pupils who need a calm space. Sports provision covers rounders, netball, football, cricket, cross country, athletics, and swimming, and there are clubs running for coding, book club, choir, art, and film. SEND support is well documented, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying from outside the immediate catchment will need to be strategic. Oak Hill suits families who want a Good-rated, improving primary with strong SEND provision and a genuinely mixed intake, all within a school that feels popular without being impossibly hard to get into.

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