West Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.81 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Heath Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
West Heath 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 | 0.81 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.81 miles away, the 21st longest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2021, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- There were 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers in Reception 2026: 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Rednal Road, West Heath Primary, Birmingham, B38 8HU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this vibrant, friendly and caring school.”
- “They feel safe and happy and say that bullying does not happen.”
- “Any problems are sorted out swiftly.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the curriculum is not planned clearly enough, which means that pupils do not learn in a sequenced way to enable them to build on previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 2025 (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) | 64% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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 John Fisher Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairway Primary Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Turves Green Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wychall Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hawkesley Church Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cofton Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Laurence Church Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published