St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.08 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St John's CofE 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 | 2.08 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 visit, on 3 June 2025, was not judged; its previous graded outcome was Outstanding, on 19 November 2014.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.08 miles, 10th longest of the 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 0.73 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest 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
- Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4EA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 451 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are enthusiastic about their lessons and the wide range of trips and activities that bring their learning to life.”
- “Older pupils are excited to develop their independence on a camping trip.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent.”
- “Sometimes pupils have not secured key ideas and teachers do not spot or address the gaps and misconceptions.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 55% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 51 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.
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Greet Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Anderton Park Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Al-Furqan Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published