Nishkam Primary School Birmingham
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
13.56 miles
Faith- Amritdhari (21,818 metres) · Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Nishkam Primary School Birmingham is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 April 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Nishkam Primary School Birmingham 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 | 13.56 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 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest among this school and 6 of its 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools that have results.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under its Amritdhari Sikh faith priority lived 13.56 miles away, the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 92 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.5 per offer; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 13.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 58.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
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
- 3-11 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9SN
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 424 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “A warm welcome awaits everyone who arrives at the school.”
- “They thrive as part of the Nishkam family.”
- “The school has very high expectations and is successful in its aim that all pupils achieve well, regardless of their starting points.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 84% | 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: 92 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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 Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth 0.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Welford Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Benson 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grove School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anglesey Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Boulton 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- James Watt Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published