Burman Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burman Infant School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Burman 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 5 of the 8 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 27 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 51 Solihull primary schools.
- In 2026 every first-choice family was offered a Reception place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
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
- Velsheda Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2JW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “They feel happy in its welcoming environment.”
- “Pupils are valued and known well by staff.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they need to.”
- “They have gaps in their understanding that mean they are not fully prepared for their next stage of learning.”
- “However, there are still some further improvements to be made in some areas to ensure that pupils achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 20 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.
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Haslucks Green School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodlands Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Mill Lodge Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shirley Heath Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Peterbrook Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published