William Murdoch Primary 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 🔒
William Murdoch Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
William Murdoch 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 applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as also happened at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the 3rd highest 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
- Antrobus Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9NT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 591 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2022
Strengths
- “William Murdoch Primary School is a vibrant, welcoming school.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils and encourage them to ‘be their best’.”
- “Classrooms are industrious places where pupils engage well in their learning.”
To improve
- “A few subjects are not as well developed as leaders would have liked and need further work, and middle leaders do not yet fully understand their roles in checking how well children are doing in some subjects.”
- “It has particularly hampered the work of governors.”
- “As a result, some important areas of the school’s work have not been checked, including some aspects of health and safety.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 68% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.
- Rookery School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Grove School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Boulton 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- James Watt Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published