Brookvale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.38 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brookvale Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Brookvale 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 | 0.38 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.38 miles away, the 10th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mallard Drive, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 7YB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils get along together and show an eagerness to do well at school.”
- “This is because leaders’ vision of being ‘ambitious for our success and the success of others’ is brought to life through their actions.”
- “They set high expectations for behaviour and learning.”
To improve
- “They benefit from a super curriculum, but more work is needed on the way it is delivered.”
- “Leaders’ vision for the curriculum is not fully reflected in the teaching across all of the subjects.”
- “However, this is not the case for a few subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 March 2023 (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) | 65% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Marsh Hill Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Slade Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Featherstone Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Short Heath 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published