Balsall Common Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry, Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Balsall Common Primary School is a primary school in Coventry, Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Balsall Common Primary 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 70 first-choice applications for 77 offers, and families living outside Solihull made 36 of the 123 applications (29%) and received 20 offers.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7FS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 665 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils demonstrate exemplary behaviour.”
- “They understand the importance of being kind and caring to each other.”
- “The school’s values are understood and modelled by all.”
To improve
- “Further work is required to support staff who hold responsibility for delivering school improvement actions.”
- “Some staff require support to assess how well improvement actions are impacting on pupils’ learning.”
- “However, more support is required to enable staff to deliver the subject-specific knowledge and skills expected in the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 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) | 76% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 77 offers in total, 70 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 Solihull.
- Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Knowle Church of England Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- George Fentham Endowed School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meriden Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Dorridge Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published