Colebourne Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colebourne Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Colebourne 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 | 0.35 mi |
| 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
- 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.35 miles, further than in 2021, and the 6th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 74 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 39.2% of pupils, below the middle figure of 59.7% 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
- Stechford Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B34 6BJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy in school and enjoy their learning.”
- “There is a strong sense of community, both within the school and beyond.”
- “The school serves its community well, offering pastoral support and care to its families and children.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not yet fully ensured that teachers know exactly what to teach and when to teach it.”
- “In addition, teachers do not always use assessment well enough to check what pupils know and understand in some subjects.”
- “However, some parents are not always clear about the support in place.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 66% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Audley Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornton Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good