Brownmead Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.42 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brownmead Primary Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Brownmead Primary Academy 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 | 0.42 mi |
| 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 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 0.42 miles away, the 13th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception distance was about the same as in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 6 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Pencroft Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 6SS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 268 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, inclusive school.”
- “The school’s values, along with the individual class charters, are at the heart of school life.”
- “This helps pupils to develop a good understanding of difference, equality and respect.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils do not have enough opportunities to practise and apply their new sounds.”
- “This slows down the rate at which they progress in becoming confident, fluent readers.”
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, the school is not checking how well the curriculum is working.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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) | 74% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Timberley Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillstone Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Audley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Lea Forest 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published