Grendon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.75 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grendon Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Grendon 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 | 0.75 mi |
| 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.75 miles, 23rd longest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.73 miles).
- The Reception last distance moved further from the school in 2026 than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Grendon Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4RB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s logo, ‘We Can’, sets the tone for this positive and aspirational school.”
- “Pupils understand the importance of working hard to achieve well and be successful.”
- “They enjoy learning and participate enthusiastically in lessons.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who find reading challenging do not receive sufficient support to master the skills needed.”
- “Additionally, some pupils struggle to transfer the writing skills they learn in English lessons to other subjects.”
- “This shows that some elements of writing are not securely embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (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) | 58% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highters Heath Community School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollywood Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oaks Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yardley Wood Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published