Hillstone Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Hillstone Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Hillstone 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, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 62.3% 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
- Hillstone Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7PY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “They confidently share their opinions and ideas with visitors and each other.”
- “Pupils behave well, especially in the classroom.”
- “Learning is not disturbed by poor behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, leaders are still developing how teachers should check on pupils’ learning in some subjects.”
- “This means that they do not have a clear picture of how well pupils are achieving in these subjects.”
- “However, children have few meaningful opportunities to practise and develop their language when learning outside.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 66% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 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.
- Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Timberley Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Brownmead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Shirestone Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lift Lea Forest 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gossey Lane Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Audley Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published