Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.40 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT 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 | 0.40 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome (22 January 2025) was Improved significantly, and 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%).
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.40 miles, 12th shortest of the 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.73 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 66.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 56.3% 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
- Trescott Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5QD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils say Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT academy is a great place to be.”
- “The school is highly ambitious for all its pupils.”
- “Each day pupils aspire to be the best version of themselves by living the school motto ‘believe achieve succeed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 68% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- The Orchards Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Brigid's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bellfield Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Bellfield Primary School (NC) 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colmers Farm Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published