St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.03 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Solihull for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary 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 | 0.03 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
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.03 miles, the shortest of the 19 Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families (43%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 21.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 50.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull.
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
- Southfield Avenue, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 9AX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils are safe and cared for, with parents appreciating the support their children receive.”
- “Pupils use the school’s values to guide them to make the right choices and to act wisely.”
- “Being caring is a value that is most important to the pupils, with pupil worship leaders promoting ‘21 acts of kindness’ to spread happiness across their school.”
To improve
- “Leaders are continuing work with support partners to further develop aspects of their provision such as ensuring that effective monitoring of school improvement actions is in place.”
- “However, some staff have not received the necessary subject-specific training to deliver the curriculum as intended in some subjects.”
- “In addition to this, some subject leaders are not yet fully monitoring their subjects closely enough to identify where further improvements and support for staff are needed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 73% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Castle Bromwich Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yorkswood Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Smith's Wood Primary Academy 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Kingshurst Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fordbridge Community Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published