Rookery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Rookery School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Rookery 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 53% was the lowest 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
- Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve very well at Rookery school thanks to a well-designed curriculum, and a significant range of wider opportunities.”
- “Leaders have created a culture where the school values are woven into the fabric of daily life.”
- “All pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy many enrichment opportunities.”
To improve
- “Leaders are aware that, despite their efforts, some pupils do not attend regularly enough.”
- “Where the curriculum is less effective, leaders’ plans have not been implemented fully, which means there is sometimes some variety in the quality of delivery.”
- “That said, there are groups of pupils who are still not attending as regularly as they should, especially disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 53% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 54 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.
- William Murdoch Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grove School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Boulton 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- James Watt Primary School 0.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Grestone Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published