Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery 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 60 first-choice applications for 65 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 28.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 56.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- The school has 22.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 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
- Yardley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 279 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “Adults take the time to get to know them and are always ready to help them if they need it.”
- “The school's values contribute to the ethos of the school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “They do not develop the knowledge and skills that they need to become fluent and accurate in reading and writing.”
- “Some pupils do not develop a secure understanding of important knowledge across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 60 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.
- Cedars Academy 0.1 mi Not judged
- Holy Souls Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Gilbertstone Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Acocks Green Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Oaklands Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Yardley Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yarnfield Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Redhill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published