Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth) 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 25 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, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 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
- Havelock Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Holy Trinity Academy is a small school that serves a diverse community well.”
- “Community, respect, trust, courage, perseverance and friendship are the school’s values, which pupils know and uphold.”
- “Pupils enjoy the caring and stimulating environment leaders and staff have created around these values.”
To improve
- “Leaders and teachers are still developing teaching approaches and assessment systems in a few subjects.”
- “As a result, the way pupils learn, and teachers’ checks of progress, are not fully consistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 October 2022 (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) | 53% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Westminster Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Canterbury Cross Primary School 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birchfield Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathfield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published