Yardley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Yardley Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Yardley 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 applicant was offered a place in Reception 2026, although a last distance was published in 2 of the 5 earlier years.
- There were 102 first-choice applications for 110 offers in Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Harvey Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B26 1TD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 830 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “It expects pupils to work hard and behave well.”
- “They apply these attributes in their daily learning and collaboration with others.”
- “As a result, this is a harmonious and productive learning environment.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s systems to check pupils’ learning over time lack precision in some subjects.”
- “They do not allow teachers to gauge with sufficient accuracy what pupils can do or remember.”
- “Nevertheless, improving attendance continues to be an ongoing challenge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 October 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) | 60% | 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: 102 first-preference applications, 110 offers in total, 102 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.
- Oasis Academy Hobmoor 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blakesley Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyndon Green Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Gilbertstone Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyndon Green Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Cedars Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
- Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published