Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base
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 🔒
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 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
- 77.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 32% 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 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Welsh House Farm Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2NG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 77.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is welcome at Welsh House Farm school.”
- “There is a real sense of community.”
- “Relationships between school, the pupils and their parents are highly positive.”
To improve
- “While published data at the end of key stage 2 is below national expectations, the school provides an effective education for pupils.”
- “This presents the school with challenges in terms of ensuring that all pupils receive an education that is matched closely to their very varying needs.”
- “However, in some subjects, the impact on pupils’ progress is not yet as positive.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 32% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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.
- World's End Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- World's End Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Woodhouse Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Paganel Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peters CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jervoise School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published