Whitehouse Common Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitehouse Common Primary School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Whitehouse Common 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 | 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 4 of the 5 earlier years, with last distances that swung sharply.
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Cotysmore Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6BL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this happy and vibrant school and feel safe.”
- “Staff know pupils well and help them to become confident, independent learners.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of what pupils should achieve.”
To improve
- “In a very small number of subjects, leaders and teachers are less clear about the specific knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “Their checks on what pupils understand and remember are also less precise.”
- “As a result, pupils’ knowledge is not as secure as it is in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 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) | 79% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 51 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollyfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coppice Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Town House Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moor Hall Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Hall Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Maney Hill Primary School 1.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published