Chivenor Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Chivenor Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Chivenor 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, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 46 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Farnborough Road, Castle Vale, Birmingham, B35 7JA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 344 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 68.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school and feel happy and secure.”
- “Staff go to great lengths to care for pupils.”
- “They model kindness and respect.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school is in the process of developing its approach to assessing what pupils know and remember.”
- “In these subjects, teachers do not have an accurate picture of pupils’ achievement over time.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 74% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 44 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.
- Topcliffe Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gunter Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Tame Valley Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published