Kitwell 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 🔒
Kitwell Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Kitwell 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
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, with 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers.
- There are 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- 70.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 57.9% 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
- Wychbury Road, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 4DL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 70.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “At Kitwell Primary School, pupils’ well-being is at the heart of everything that happens.”
- “The school has high ambitions for every pupil, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Staff want all children to flourish.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, this planning is still at an early stage.”
- “As a result, learning does not always build in a logical order.”
- “Most pupils start school with gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 2023 (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) | 53% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodgate Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodcock Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Nonsuch Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Orchards Primary Academy 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Green Meadow Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published