Glenmead 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 🔒
Glenmead Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Glenmead 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, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Glenmead Road, Birmingham, B44 8UQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Glenmead feel safe, happy and valued.”
- “Staff build positive relationships with pupils and families and greet them warmly each morning.”
- “Pupils trust adults and know that staff care about their wellbeing.”
To improve
- “Some pupils are not as well prepared for the next stage of their education as they could be.”
- “Gaps in their spelling, grammar and handwriting slow progress in writing for some pupils.”
- “In addition, some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (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) | 57% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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.
- Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beeches Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenholm Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maryvale Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Calshot Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsthorne Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warren Farm Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published