Crabbs Cross Academy
Evesham Road, Crabbs Cross, Redditch, B97 5JH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SHIRES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sallyanne Dunstan
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Shires Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 225
- Pupils on roll
- 165
- URN
- 139825
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527543624
About this school
Crabbs Cross Academy is a primary academy in Redditch. It teaches children aged 5 to 9 and has 165 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Crabbs Cross Academy 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 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 200 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crabbs Cross Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 24% | 165 | — |
| The Vaynor First School | — | 4.5% | 7.3% | 425 | 0.7 miles |
| Woodrow First School | — | 4.9% | 39.8% | 265 | 1.0 miles |
| St Luke's CofE First School | — | 4.4% | — | 138 | 1.1 miles |
| Astwood Bank Primary School | 70% | 4.2% | 6% | 418 | 1.2 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic First School | — | 3.7% | 22.2% | 189 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 11.76%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Vaynor First School0.7 miles
Primary · Redditch
-
Woodrow First School1.0 miles
Primary · Redditch
-
St Luke's CofE First School1.1 miles
Primary · Redditch
-
Astwood Bank Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Redditch
-
St Thomas More Catholic 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
- 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
- St George's CofE First School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crabbs Cross Academy teach?
- Crabbs Cross Academy teaches children aged 5 to 9. It is a primary school in Redditch.
- Who is the headteacher of Crabbs Cross Academy?
- The headteacher of Crabbs Cross Academy is Mrs Sallyanne Dunstan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crabbs Cross Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crabbs Cross Academy, 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 Crabbs Cross Academy?
- Crabbs Cross Academy has 165 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 9.
- Is Crabbs Cross Academy full?
- Crabbs Cross Academy has capacity for 225 pupils and 165 on roll (73%), 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 Crabbs Cross Academy a faith school?
- No. Crabbs Cross Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Crabbs Cross Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Crabbs Cross Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Crabbs Cross Academy?
- Crabbs Cross Academy 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 Crabbs Cross Academy's absence rate?
- Crabbs Cross Academy's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Crabbs Cross Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Crabbs Cross Academy. 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.