Tenacres First School
Quibury Close, Winyates East, Redditch, B98 0PB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss C Marshall
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 277
- URN
- 116729
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527528872
About this school
Tenacres First School is a community primary school in Redditch. It teaches children aged 5 to 9 and has 277 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Tenacres 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 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 284 |
| 2023/24 | 284 |
| 2024/25 | 279 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tenacres First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 20.4% | 277 | — |
| Arrow Valley First School | — | 5.9% | 28.6% | 137 | 0.4 miles |
| Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School | 81% | 3.7% | 13.9% | 116 | 0.6 miles |
| Matchborough First School Academy | — | 7.5% | 26.8% | 335 | 0.7 miles |
| Moons Moat First School | — | 6.7% | 29.5% | 170 | 0.9 miles |
| Abbeywood First School | — | 5.4% | 27.3% | 255 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.43%
- English as an additional language
- 16.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.91%
- Persistent absence
- 10.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Arrow Valley First School0.4 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Studley
-
Matchborough First School Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Redditch
-
Moons Moat First School0.9 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Abbeywood First School1.2 miles
Primary · Redditch
Other schools in Redditch
- Abbeywood First School Primary
- Arrow Valley First School Primary
- Astwood Bank Primary School Primary
- Batchley First and Nursery School Primary
- Beoley First School Primary
- Crabbs Cross Academy Primary
- Feckenham CofE Primary School Primary
- Holyoakes Field First School Primary
- Matchborough First School Academy Primary
- Moons Moat First School Primary
- Oak Hill First School Primary
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Tenacres First School teach?
- Tenacres First School teaches children aged 5 to 9. It is a primary school in Redditch.
- Who is the headteacher of Tenacres First School?
- The headteacher of Tenacres First School is Miss C Marshall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tenacres First School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tenacres 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 Tenacres First School?
- Tenacres First School has 277 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 9.
- Is Tenacres First School full?
- Tenacres First School has capacity for 300 pupils and 277 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tenacres First School a faith school?
- No. Tenacres First School has no designated religious character.
- Does Tenacres First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Tenacres First School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Tenacres First School's absence rate?
- Tenacres First School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Tenacres 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 Tenacres 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.