Ark Tindal Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.70 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark Tindal Primary Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ark Tindal Primary 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 | 0.70 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.70 miles away, the 28th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, the sharpest move between its published years. Every applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 6 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9QS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “This school has a warm and welcoming atmosphere.”
- “The school’s expectations for pupils’ behaviour and achievement are extremely high.”
- “Pupils rise to meet these expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 2024 (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) | 78% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Park Hill Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heath Mount Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Percy Shurmer 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Anderton Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published