Ward End 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 🔒
Ward End Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ward End 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, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 84 first-choice applications for 86 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
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
- Ingleton Road, Birmingham, B8 2RA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 878 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Ward End Primary School is a school where every member of staff cares deeply for its pupils.”
- “Pupils arrive each day happily.”
- “They feel safe in school because of the care shown to them and there is a strong sense of community.”
To improve
- “However, there are still some inconsistencies in how well curriculum planning is implemented and in how well pupils achieve all of the school’s aims.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 April 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) | 69% | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 86 offers in total, 84 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.
- Sladefield Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Leigh Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Nansen Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highfield Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tame Valley Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shaw Hill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published