Studley Infants' School, Studley

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Studley Infants' School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are quick to identify pupils' needs as soon as they start at the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a suitable personal development programme that aligns closely to the school's values and ethos."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Not all pupils achieve as well as they should."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders do not have a precise enough understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders are clear about what children should know by the end of Nursery and Reception."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders do not have a precise enough understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should define the small steps of knowledge that children in the early years need to learn so that all staff are clear about what to teach and activities are more purposeful"; "Leaders should develop staff's expertise in the early years so that they can engage in consistently purposeful interactions to develop children's language and communication skills"; "Leaders should develop a whole-school approach to managing pupils' behaviour and support staff in the implementation of this so that everyone shares the same high expectations and deals consistently with any off-task or poor behaviour in lessons and around school"; "Leaders should ensure that the wider curriculum is coherently sequenced so that pupils' knowledge and skills build securely over time, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils"; "Leaders should ensure that staff consistently identify and address gaps and errors in pupils' basic skills so that pupils develop secure foundations"; "Leaders and those responsible for governance should strengthen the school's approach to monitoring and evaluation to enable leaders to have a more precise understanding of the quality of provision and address weaknesses quickly".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Studley Infants School, a place where we nurture and celebrate the potential of every child. We are incredibly proud to be an inclusive and nurturing school, recognising that each child is at the very beginning of their educational journey. It is of utmost importance to us that every child feels safe, secure, and ready to learn."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 1.30pm, an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 4pm and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 1.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Studley Infants' School as their first choice and 80 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Studley Infants' School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 74% reading, 74% maths); Studley St Mary's CofE Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 64% reading, 62% maths); Woodrow First School (1.2 miles, Good); and St Thomas More Catholic First School (1.2 miles).

Studley Infants' School is one of 10 schools run by Arden Forest C of E Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 31 pupils (17.6%) received SEN support and 17 (9.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Studley Infants' School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Studley Infants' School had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Redditch Rail Station, about 3.1 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Marble Alley (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Studley Infants' School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Studley Infants' School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Studley Infants' School are Studley High School (0.2 miles), Tudor Grange Academy Redditch (0.9 miles) and Arrow Vale High School (1.7 miles).