St Benedict's 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 🔒
St Benedict's Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Benedict's 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
- The 2026 Reception entry had 17 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 24% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 17.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 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
- St Benedict's Road, Birmingham, B10 9DP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at St Benedict’s Primary School.”
- “They are safe and happy, knowing that there is always an adult they can talk to.”
- “Staff resolve any disputes promptly.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not identified gaps in teachers’ subject knowledge in a very few subjects at key stage 2.”
- “These gaps mean that pupils do not learn what they should.”
- “Leaders are seeking to increase the range of clubs on offer.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 February 2023 (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) | 24% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 17 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.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Somerville Primary (NC) School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive School, Small Heath 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Redhill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wyndcliffe Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bordesley Green Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published