Timberley Academy
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 🔒
Timberley Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Timberley Academy 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
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 17.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 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
- Bradley Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7RL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 559 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Timberley is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are kind and considerate of each other.”
- “They learn how to resolve conflict and restore positive relationships.”
To improve
- “The longer-term impact of the pandemic has affected pupils’ ability to build on their learning in some subjects.”
- “However, teachers’ regular checking of how pupils are getting on ‘in the moment’ is less effective.”
- “This sometimes leads to gaps in pupils’ knowledge or teachers not adapting their teaching sufficiently well to enable pupils to be ready to move on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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: 50 first-preference applications, 54 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.
- Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillstone Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Brownmead Primary Academy 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Lea Forest 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Audley Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Shirestone Academy 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published