George Dixon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
George Dixon Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
George Dixon 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 25 offers; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 30 places.
- In 2024/25, 26% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 283 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils know that the recently appointed leaders have high expectations of what they can achieve.”
- “Pupils now begin to learn to read as soon as they join the school.”
- “Some pupils can show that they understand the recently formed school values of 'excellent, respect, commitment, belonging, integrity and kindness'.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Many pupils have significant gaps in their knowledge that have developed over time.”
- “Pupils experience a broad curriculum, although it is not well tailored to their individual needs, particularly where they have gaps in their prior learning.”
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2026 (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) | 26% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 23 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.
- City Road Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Barford Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chad Vale Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Blessed Dominic Barberi Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published