Lift Four Dwellings Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Lift Four Dwellings Primary is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lift Four Dwellings Primary 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
- 68.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 57.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- In Reception 2026, there were 32 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 19.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 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
- Quinton Road West, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1PJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 317 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 68.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Four Dwellings Primary Academy.”
- “They know that staff want the best for them and feel confident to talk about any issues, as well as their hopes and wishes.”
- “Pupils behave very well in lessons.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the work given to pupils is not always well matched to pupils’ ability and does not meet the ambitious end-points the school has set out.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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: 32 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 32 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.
- Quinton Church Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- World's End Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- World's End Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Nonsuch Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodhouse Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodgate Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published