Gunter 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 🔒
Gunter Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gunter 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
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, in October 2024, was Not judged; its previous graded outcome, in May 2022, was Requires improvement.
- 50.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 60.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
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
- Gunter Road, Pype Hayes, Birmingham, B24 0RU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at Gunter Primary School and are happy.”
- “The school helps pupils to make sensible behaviour choices.”
- “Adults are consistent in the approach they take to support pupils.”
To improve
- “The impact of pupil movement at different points in the year affects the school’s published outcomes.”
- “However, on occasions, pupils’ work is not sufficiently checked.”
- “In some subjects, the school does not have a clear understanding of the important pre-skills pupils need to progress well through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 43% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Paget Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Topcliffe Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chivenor Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Birches Green Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Penns Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yenton Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published