St James Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 James Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St James 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 20% of pupils, against a middle figure of 56.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 29 offers; all 29 went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- Leach Heath Lane, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “All pupils spoken to said how much they enjoy school.”
- “Leaders look after them very well, so they feel safe.”
- “Pupils are proud of having ‘prayer partners’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 93% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Rednal Hill Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rednal Hill Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Colmers Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Reaside Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Meadows Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published