Anderton Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Anderton Park Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Anderton Park Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as was the case at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dennis Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B12 8BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “The ethos of ‘relationships, determination, sparkle’ runs through the heart of everything at Anderton Park Primary School.”
- “Led by a headteacher and senior leaders who clearly want the very best for every pupil, this vision is shared by all staff.”
- “As a result, pupils say they can be anything they want to be, and that anyone can sparkle, whoever they are.”
To improve
- “The leaders’ vision for the curriculum is being implemented well in most subjects, but in a few subjects there is more work to be done.”
- “The planned changes to the way the curriculum is to be shaped and delivered are well on their way, but in a few subjects the changes are at an earlier stage of implementation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Nelson Mandela School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Hill Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published