Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Birmingham, Worcestershire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 April 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 3 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 56 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 3rd lowest of 174 Worcestershire primary schools.
- Of 114 Reception 2026 applications, 32 (28%) came from families living outside Worcestershire, and 13 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Birmingham Road, Lickey, Birmingham, B45 8EU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 371 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils attend Lickey Hills happily and regularly.”
- “Warm relationships help pupils settle quickly and feel safe in school.”
- “Attentive and caring staff ensure pupils have a calm and interesting start to the day and older pupils support the younger pupils impressively.”
To improve
- “Some of these are so popular that even more pupils would value the opportunity to be able to attend.”
- “Some pupils need extra support to keep up with their peers.”
- “However, as pupils move through the school and start recording their work more formally, some misconceptions in pupils’ work are not routinely addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 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) | 67% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 41 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 Worcestershire.
- Beaconside Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE First School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blackwell First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holywell Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Catshill First School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lickey End First School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Crown Meadow First School & Nursery 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairfield First School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published