Tame Valley Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Tame Valley Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Tame Valley 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 3 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals make up 65.8%, with 26.3 pupils per teacher; the middle figures across the 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools are 52.2% and 21.9.
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
- Chillinghome Road, Birmingham, B36 8QJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 June 2024
Strengths
- “Care and respect are two words that sum up the culture of this happy and calm school.”
- “There is a strong sense of community, shared by everybody from pupils and their families to the staff and governors.”
- “Pupils love coming to this school, which is evident from their warm smiles, friendly welcome and polite comments.”
To improve
- “However, their written work sometimes has basic errors which are not corrected.”
- “This means that pupils’ work is not as accurate as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 59% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 21 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.
- Hodge Hill Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ward End Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Birches Green Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colebourne Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published