Minworth Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · SUTTON COLDFIELD, 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 🔒
Minworth Junior and Infant School is a primary school in SUTTON COLDFIELD, Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 June 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Minworth Junior and Infant 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 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Before 2026, places ran out for Reception (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Water Orton Lane, Minworth, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B76 9BU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s values of enthusiasm, determination, pride and respect permeate throughout.”
- “The school has set high aspirations for its pupils.”
- “Most pupils achieve high standards in reading, writing and mathematics.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, pupils’ misconceptions are identified but are not consistently addressed across the whole curriculum.”
- “This leads to gaps in some pupils’ knowledge in some subjects.”
- “The school has identified that letter formation and handwriting is an area that needs further improvement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2025 (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) | 63% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 18 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.
- Pegasus Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walmley Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walmley Junior School 1.1 mi Not judged
- Topcliffe Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chivenor Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gunter Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published