Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.11 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2022. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Blossomfield Infant and Nursery 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 | 2.11 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.11 miles, the 5th longest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 8.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull is 12.1%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Eastcote Close, Shirley, Solihull, B90 3QX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2022
Strengths
- “Blossomfield Infant and Nursery is a welcoming school.”
- “One parent voiced the views of many, when they said, ‘My children love attending; each morning they look forward to going.’”
- “They understand what bullying is but say that it rarely happens in school.”
To improve
- “However, current teaching in phonics is not consistent.”
- “Some teachers do not have strong enough subject knowledge.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not learn to read as fluently as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 50 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 Solihull.
- Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Shirley Heath Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Sharmans Cross Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Haslucks Green School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cranmore Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Burman Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published