Nelson Mandela 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 🔒
Nelson Mandela School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Nelson Mandela 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
- Nelson Mandela had 47 first-choice applications for 52 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 5 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- The school has 18.2 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 20.6.
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
- Colville Road, Sparkbrook, Nelson Mandela Community School, Birmingham, B12 8EH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “This means the school places pupils’ rights at the heart of its ethos and curriculum.”
- “The award underpins and validates the high level of respect that adults and pupils afford one another.”
- “The school is a community school in every sense of the word.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, assessment systems are variable and less well developed.”
- “This means staff do not consistently identify where gaps in knowledge exist to inform future planning.”
- “However, other areas of learning, particularly knowledge and understanding of the world, are less well designed and implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2024 (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) | 60% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 47 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.
- Clifton Primary School 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ladypool Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Conway Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Anderton Park Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published