Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 December 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holy Cross Catholic 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 | Not published |
| 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, there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In the 2026 Reception entry, there were 1.1 first choices per offer, the 37th highest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 73% was the 4th highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Laburnum Drive, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, B76 2SP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff all feel part of the Holy Cross family.”
- “They love their school and are proud to be a pupil here.”
- “Children settle quickly into the early years because of the nurturing environment that staff have created.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not have sufficient opportunities to practise the sounds they are learning.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not become fluent readers as quickly as they could.”
- “Leaders and staff successfully encourage pupils to uphold the school’s strong values, but pupils are less knowledgeable about fundamental British values.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 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) | 73% | 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: 33 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.
- Hollyfield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Hall Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Deanery Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maney Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Town House Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitehouse Common Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walmley Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walmley Junior School 1.4 mi Not judged