St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Columba's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Columba's 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
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 18 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 6th lowest of 269 Birmingham primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- Of the 52 applications for Reception 2026, 7 (13%) came from families living outside Birmingham, and 3 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 80% was the 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Lickey Road, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 8TD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and the extensive wider opportunities on offer.”
- “The school sets high expectations for all pupils to do well.”
- “Pupils study a wide range of subjects and achieve well, including in reading and mathematics.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always the case.”
- “On occasion, teachers do not identify those pupils who are stuck or need further help.”
- “As a result, some gaps in knowledge go unaddressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 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) | 80% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 13 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.
- Colmers Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rednal Hill Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rednal Hill Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- The Meadows Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Turves Green Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cofton Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published