Walmley Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–7 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.54 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Walmley Infant School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 3–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Walmley 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 | 1.54 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 1.54 miles away, the 11th longest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 91 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 89 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- 10.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 48%.
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
- Walmley Ash Road, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1JB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 315 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 July 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy, highly inclusive school.”
- “The right of everyone to be respected and treated equally is central to its ethos.”
- “All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are valued members of the school community.”
To improve
- “In a small number of key stage 1 subjects, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “It is not yet fully implemented as intended.”
- “As a result, it is too early to see the impact on pupils’ achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 91 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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.
- Walmley Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- The Deanery Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Topcliffe Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Minworth Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Penns Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gunter Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published