Somerville Primary (NC) 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 🔒
Somerville Primary (NC) School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Somerville Primary (NC) 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 61 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 25.7 pupils per teacher, above the middle figure of 20.8 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
- Somerville Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 9EN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 722 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Somerville Primary School is a cornerstone of its community.”
- “They typically attend regularly.”
- “Pupils embrace diversity, tolerance and respect in this welcoming school.”
To improve
- “The conversations they have with staff help to develop their language, although they would benefit further from more of these.”
- “Sometimes, the quality of work they produce in the wider curriculum is not to the same high standard as in reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Occasionally, some pupils find it difficult to focus, but disruption is rare.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2026 (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) | 70% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 54 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.
- Marlborough Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyndcliffe Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Olive School, Small Heath 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Benedict's Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regents Park Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Montgomery 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bordesley Village Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published