Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary 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 | 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
- Its latest Ofsted inspection, on 23 June 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 29 November 2017, was Outstanding.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; in the 5 earlier years with a published outcome, Reception places ran out in 1.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 44th lowest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- Claremont Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1LF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 23 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive happily each morning full of energy and enthusiasm for the day ahead.”
- “Pupils are keen to attend school, and most do so regularly.”
- “They know they belong at Christ Church Primary where everyone feels welcome.”
To improve
- “However, fewer pupils reach the higher standards, particularly in writing.”
- “However, while the numbers of pupils who are persistently absent are reducing, there remains a minority of pupils who do not attend school regularly.”
- “However, on occasions those pupils who are ready to move on do not always get work that challenges them to deepen their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 19 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.
- Ladypool Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Montgomery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Conway Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Regents Park Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published