Dorrington 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 🔒
Dorrington Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Dorrington 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
- Its last graded Ofsted outcome was Outstanding (6 November 2019); the inspection on 30 June 2026 gave no single grade.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places had run out in all 5 earlier years, when the last distance swung sharply, most between 2022 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 84 first-choice applications for 88 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% 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
- Dorrington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1QR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 651 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 30 June 2026
Strengths
- “Dorrington Academy is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils feel safe and thrive in a positive environment.”
- “They speak proudly about being part of a diverse community and say that everyone is treated fairly.”
To improve
- “The teaching of writing is not yet consistently effective.”
- “Leaders recognise this and have begun work to ensure that younger pupils secure the basic writing skills they need for future learning, for example letter formation, handwriting and spelling.”
- “In response to the high number of early career teachers, leaders are developing ways to further strengthen teachers’ subject knowledge and teaching strategies so that teaching becomes consistently strong across all subjects and year groups.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2026 (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) | 75% | 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: 84 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 84 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 Mark's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Orchard Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Grestone Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Calshot Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beeches Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glenmead Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published