Hawthorn 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 🔒
Hawthorn Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Hawthorn 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, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 brought 22 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years, and the outcome swung sharply, most from 2024 to 2025.
- There are 11.6 pupils per teacher and 57% of pupils eligible for free school meals, against middle figures of 19.5 and 51.8% 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
- Hawthorn Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 8QR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Hawthorn Primary is a school which fully lives out its values: individually we matter, together we shine.”
- “Pupils are very happy at the school because they are very well supported to achieve, and they know that their voices are heard.”
- “This starts right from the Early Years, where highly effective provision enables the youngest children to make a strong start to their schooling.”
To improve
- “On occasions, assessment is not used precisely enough to check pupils’ understanding.”
- “This means that misconceptions can remain, or opportunities are missed to move pupils on to more challenging work.”
- “On occasions, this analysis lacks the precise evaluation that supports effective review and clarity around next steps.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 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) | 68% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- Story Wood School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warren Farm Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsthorne Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenholm Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Short Heath 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marsh Hill Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published