Tenacres First School

Tenacres First School demonstrates a strong standard in delivering a supportive and nurturing educational environment, meeting the national safeguarding standards. Leadership has fostered a positive culture where pupils feel safe and valued, with effective strategies in place for attendance and behaviour management. The school prioritizes early years education, with a focus on developing children's vocabulary and phonics skills. While pupils generally achieve well in reading and mathematics, there are identified gaps in writing skills, particularly in upper year groups, which leaders are beginning to address.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture where students feel safe.
• Effective management of pupil attendance and behaviour.
• Caring and supportive school community.
• Well-structured early years curriculum fostering children’s independence.
• Rigorous support systems for students with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching of writing leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Books do not always match pupils' reading abilities.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Tenacres First School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.8% of pupils at Tenacres First School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Tenacres First School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Tenacres First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Tenacres First School received £6,997 and spent £7,332 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £116,000 (£417 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Tenacres First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tenacres First School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Tenacres First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tenacres First School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Tenacres First School have?

Tenacres First School has 277 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tenacres First School cover?

Tenacres First School for pupils aged 5 to 9.

Where is Tenacres First School?

Tenacres First School is at Quibury Close, Winyates East, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0PB.