Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady of Fatima 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 | 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
- 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (28 November 2023), while 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham have a Good outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In the January 2026 census, 18% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.6% 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
- Winchfield Drive, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8TR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to school and attend well.”
- “They quickly develop a sense of belonging in this inclusive school, where every child is known.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly when they arrive.”
To improve
- “Leaders have rightly focused on phonics, where outcomes at the end of Year 1 in previous years are lower than they would like.”
- “Leaders recognise that while achievement at the end of key stage 2 is positive, this is not always matched by the quality of work in books.”
- “In some classes, foundational skills are not always addressed, particularly in handwriting, spelling and grammatical features.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (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) | 77% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Woodhouse Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- World's End Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- World's End Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Harborne Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peters CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- George Dixon Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published