Bournville Village Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.39 miles
2231 metres Outside Catchment · Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bournville Village Primary is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bournville Village Primary 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 | 1.39 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 from outside the school's catchment lived 1.39 miles away, nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 94 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 85 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 29.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 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
- Linden Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1JY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 652 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Bournville Village Primary School.”
- “They are proud of the school and its rich heritage.”
- “Pupils know what is expected of them.”
To improve
- “Pupils achieve well in school, with the exception of writing.”
- “However, pupils have some gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This is because the curriculum has not been taught consistently and effectively over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 79% | 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: 94 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Raddlebarn Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Stirchley Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cotteridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tiverton Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published