The Vaynor First School
Tennyson Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, B97 5BL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SHIRES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Colcombe
- Sponsor
- Shires Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 425
- URN
- 137960
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527543187
About this school
The Vaynor First School is a primary academy in Redditch. It teaches children aged 4 to 9 and has 425 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Vaynor 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 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 447 |
| 2024/25 | 437 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Vaynor First School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 7.3% | 425 | — |
| St Luke's CofE First School | — | 4.4% | — | 138 | 0.6 miles |
| Crabbs Cross Academy | — | 5.1% | 24% | 165 | 0.7 miles |
| Webheath Academy Primary School | 56% | 4.6% | 11.9% | 446 | 0.9 miles |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School | — | 4% | 7.7% | 297 | 1.0 miles |
| Oak Hill First School | — | 6.1% | 20.6% | 440 | 1.3 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)
- 7.32%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.5%
- Persistent absence
- 9.04%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Luke's CofE First School0.6 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Crabbs Cross Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Webheath Academy Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School1.0 miles
Primary · Redditch
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Oak Hill First School1.3 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 The Vaynor First School teach?
- The Vaynor First School teaches children aged 4 to 9. It is a primary school in Redditch.
- Who is the headteacher of The Vaynor First School?
- The headteacher of The Vaynor First School is Mrs Helen Colcombe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Vaynor First School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Vaynor 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 The Vaynor First School?
- The Vaynor First School has 425 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 9.
- Is The Vaynor First School full?
- The Vaynor First School has capacity for 450 pupils and 425 on roll (94%), 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 The Vaynor First School a faith school?
- No. The Vaynor First School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Vaynor First School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Vaynor First School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Vaynor First School?
- The Vaynor First School is part of SHIRES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is The Vaynor First School's absence rate?
- The Vaynor First School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does The Vaynor 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 The Vaynor 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 1 July 2026.