Meadows First School admissions: your chances of a place
How many families wanted a place, how many there were, how far the last place went, and how it compares with the schools around it.
Will you get a place at Meadows First School? Get the admissions report
Your home postcode, set against Meadows First School's admissions figures, in one report saved to your account.
What the report includes for Meadows First School:
- The straight-line distance from your home to Meadows First School.
- Last distance offered for 2021 entry, from Worcestershire's own figures, and how your distance compares each year.
- How many families in Worcestershire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Demand in detail
Worcestershire published that the last place offered for 2021 entry went to a family 0.639 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Worcestershire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Worcestershire lodged 24 appeals against primary school offers; 18 reached a hearing and 6 succeeded (33.3% of those heard).
Last distance offered
| Entry year | Last place offered | Published by |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.64 miles | Worcestershire |
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.
How hard the nearest schools are to get into
Councils in England let families name between three and six schools. A realistic back-up is a nearby school with spare places.
| School | Distance | Places | First choices per place | Last distance offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Orchards School | 0.7 miles | 40 | 0.8 (2026) | - |
| Finstall First School | 0.8 miles | 55 | 0.9 (2026) | 0.42 miles (2021) |
| Lickey End First School | 0.9 miles | 30 | 1.2 (2026) | 1.19 miles (2021) |
| Millfields First School | 1.1 miles | 46 | 1.0 (2026) | - |
| St Peter's Catholic First School | 1.1 miles | 24 | 1.0 (2026) | 0.97 miles (2021) |
| Charford First School | 1.3 miles | 73 | 0.9 (2026) | 1.83 miles (2021) |
Straight-line distance from Meadows First School. Below 1.0 means fewer first choices than places.
Who gets priority
Meadows First School is its own admission authority: the school (or its trust) sets its admissions policy and oversubscription criteria, and publishes them on its website. You still apply through Worcestershire.
In England, a child whose education, health and care plan names the school is admitted first. Then, when there are more applicants than places, looked-after and previously looked-after children come first, followed by the school's own criteria, which usually include siblings and distance from home.
How and when to apply
Primary school (Reception) applications for September 2027 close in 80 days, on Friday 15 January 2027. Apply through Worcestershire; offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Name the schools in your true order of preference: ranking a school first does not reduce your chances anywhere else. See Worcestershire admissions dates and figures.
Questions about getting into Meadows First School
How far away does Meadows First School offer places?
Worcestershire published that the last place offered for 2021 entry went to a family 0.64 miles away. That is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications and how many places go to siblings and other priority groups first.
What can I do if I don't get a place at Meadows First School?
Accept the offer you do get, so your child has a school, then ask to go on Meadows First School's waiting list and consider an appeal. In 2026, families in Worcestershire lodged 24 appeals against primary school offers; 18 reached a hearing and 6 succeeded (33.3% of those heard). Waiting lists move over the summer as families accept other places or move away.