Boldmere Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.01 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery 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 | 1.01 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
- The 2026 Reception entry had 98 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 84 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 42%.
- In 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 1.01 miles from the school, the 18th longest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, though the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025.
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
- Cofield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5SD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 308 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is an inclusive school with a family feel and community spirit.”
- “Pupils are happy and enthusiastic about learning.”
- “They confidently talk about how they love being here with their friends and teachers.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, the work pupils complete is not adapted effectively to deepen the learning of higher-attaining pupils.”
- “However, the school has not ensured that all pupils have enough chances to experience a wide range of different cultures in a meaningful way.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 98 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 84 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.
- Boldmere Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wylde Green Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Court Farm Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Short Heath 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Twickenham Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Oscott Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbey Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published