Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.70 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holly Hill Methodist CofE 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 | 0.70 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.70 miles away, the 29th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- Every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 6 years with a published outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 66.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 56.3%.
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
- New Street, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 0EU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Religious character
- Church of England/Methodist
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “The motto ‘We work as one, no child is left behind’ embodies leaders’ high expectations for every child at this delightful school.”
- “Care, nurture and love are at the heart of everything that happens.”
- “Adults routinely go above and beyond for every pupil.”
To improve
- “In a very small number of foundation subjects, the precise learning and skills that pupils need to acquire are less clearly identified.”
- “When this happens, learning can lack depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Reaside Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Forestdale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Colmers Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rednal Hill Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rednal Hill Junior School 1.1 mi Good
- Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published