Finstall First School
Carnforth Road, Bromsgrove, B60 2HS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Mason
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 296
- URN
- 116660
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527872938
About this school
Finstall First School is a community primary school in Bromsgrove. It teaches children aged 5 to 9 and has 296 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Finstall First School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 300 |
| 2023/24 | 295 |
| 2024/25 | 296 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Finstall First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 2.8% | 2.4% | 296 | — |
| Meadows First School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Charford First School | — | 6% | 22% | 498 | 0.8 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic First School | — | 5.3% | 21.7% | 219 | 1.0 miles |
| Millfields First School | — | 4.9% | 15.3% | 257 | 1.1 miles |
| The Orchards School | — | 7.2% | 37.3% | 230 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.36%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 2.81%
- Persistent absence
- 2.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meadows First School0.8 miles
Primary · Bromsgrove
-
Charford First School0.8 miles
Primary · Bromsgrove
-
St Peter's Catholic First School1.0 miles
Primary · Bromsgrove
-
Millfields First School1.1 miles
Primary · Bromsgrove
-
The Orchards School1.4 miles
Primary · Bromsgrove
Other schools in Bromsgrove
- Blackwell First School Primary
- Catshill First School Primary
- Charford First School Primary
- Dodford First School Primary
- Fairfield First School Primary
- Hanbury CofE First School Primary
- Lickey End First School Primary
- Meadows First School Primary
- Millfields First School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic First School Primary
- Stoke Prior First School Primary
- Tardebigge CofE First School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Finstall First School teach?
- Finstall First School teaches children aged 5 to 9. It is a primary school in Bromsgrove.
- Who is the headteacher of Finstall First School?
- The headteacher of Finstall First School is Mr Matthew Mason, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Finstall First School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Finstall First School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Finstall First School?
- Finstall First School has 296 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 9.
- Is Finstall First School full?
- Finstall First School has capacity for 300 pupils and 296 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Finstall First School a faith school?
- No. Finstall First School has no designated religious character.
- Does Finstall First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Finstall First School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Finstall First School's absence rate?
- Finstall First School's overall absence rate is 2.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Finstall First School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Finstall First School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.