Alston 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 🔒
Alston Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Alston 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, as also happened at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 59 first-choice applications for 63 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% 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
- Alston Road, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5UN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 636 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to be members of the school community.”
- “They enjoy their lessons and feel safe at school.”
- “They know they have trusted adults that they can talk to about worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “Subject-specific vocabulary is sometimes not explained precisely enough in some lessons.”
- “This leaves some pupils unsure of the meaning of a few words.”
- “On some occasions, staff do not model carefully enough what they expect pupils to do in their learning tasks.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 59% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 63 offers in total, 59 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.
- Bordesley Green Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Shaw Hill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sladefield Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stechford Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blakesley Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published