Al-Furqan Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.15 miles
Faith (3462 metres) · Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Al-Furqan Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Al-Furqan 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 | 2.15 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 on faith grounds lived 2.15 miles away.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 108 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 74 offers went to first-choice families, and 34 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Reddings Lane, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 3EY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 629 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2023
Strengths
- “The values of equality and respect thread through this welcoming school.”
- “Leaders have set an ambitious and inclusive vision.”
- “Everyone works together to live up to this.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of these pupils do not practise and apply their new sounds frequently enough.”
- “This slows down the rate at which they become confident, fluent readers.”
- “For some pupils, absence and persistent absence remain high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (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) | 78% | 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: 108 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 74 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.
- The Olive School, Birmingham 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Yarnfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greet Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yorkmead Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Springfield Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published