St Matthew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.44 miles
5536 metres · Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's CofE 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 | 3.44 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 3.44 miles away, further than in 2021.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- 74% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 76.2% 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
- Duddeston Manor Road, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 4JR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 74% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Matthew’s Primary is a high-performing school.”
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend such a special place.”
- “The school provides a warm welcome and a safe haven, which helps pupils settle quickly.”
To improve
- “However, the impact is less positive for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Some pupils with SEND do not benefit from the same high-quality education as their peers.”
- “This is particularly true for children with SEND in the early years who do not access all areas of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 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) | 83% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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 Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cromwell Junior and Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Adderley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aston Tower Community Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Clement's Church of England Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Saviour's C of E Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chilwell Croft Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published