Stechford 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 🔒
Stechford Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Stechford 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published Reception outcome, and the outcome swung sharply, most of all between 2021 and 2022.
- There were 52 first-choice applications for 57 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Albert Road, Stechford, Birmingham, B33 8SJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “Stechford Primary School is a welcoming, friendly school.”
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for.”
- “Staff know their pupils and families extremely well and there is a real sense of community.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, these new developments are at an early stage.”
- “The writing curriculum is at an early stage of refinement.”
- “The school recognises that its curriculum did not previously offer pupils enough opportunities to develop the skills to write well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 58% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 52 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.
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blakesley Hall Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Oval School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alston Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Hobmoor 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colebourne Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published