Yarnfield Primary School
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 🔒
Yarnfield Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Yarnfield 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 45 first-choice applications for 66 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, and 21 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 57.1%, against a middle figure of 46.1% 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
- Yarnfield Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 3PJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 639 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Learning is a positive experience for pupils from the moment they are greeted at school each day.”
- “Pupils are valued, cared for and respected by adults who help them to attend with increasing regularity.”
- “Pupils talk about how much they value this.”
To improve
- “Some activities do not stretch all children to reach their potential.”
- “Leaders know that in the past, some pupils found reading difficult.”
- “Leaders know that pupils' handwriting is not yet consistent across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2026 (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) | 58% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 45 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.
- Acocks Green Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive School, Birmingham 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Al-Furqan Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yorkmead Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oaklands Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Holy Souls Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Cedars Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
- Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published