Allens Croft 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 🔒
Allens Croft Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Allens Croft 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
- 63.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 5 earlier Reception years.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 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
- Allens Croft Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 6RP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 380 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Allens Croft Primary School welcomes everyone.”
- “Starting in the early years, the school has a broad and ambitious curriculum.”
- “Education in the arts is a particular strength, and the school holds the ‘Artsmark’ at platinum level.”
To improve
- “However, misbehaviour sometimes disrupts lessons.”
- “The rate of pupils’ attendance continues to be low.”
- “The large majority of staff follow the behaviour policy, but there are some inconsistencies in how it is applied.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 45% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 45 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.
- Cotteridge Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stirchley Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colmore Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Colmore Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Woodthorpe Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published