Highfield Junior and Infant 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 🔒
Highfield Junior and Infant 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 15 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Highfield Junior and Infant 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
- 47.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 55% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 71 first-choice applications for 75 offers for Reception in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Highfield Road, Saltley, Birmingham, B8 3QF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 642 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “Highfield Junior and Infants is a school which lives its values daily: respect, equality, inspiration, determination, honesty and friendship.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and being at school.”
- “As one pupil, typical of many, stated to an inspector, ‘You will feel so inspired and respected’.”
To improve
- “On occasions, however, the design of the activity or checking of understanding are not as precise.”
- “This means that pupils’ progress is not as sustained as it is elsewhere.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2024 (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) | 64% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 71 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.
- Nansen Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leigh Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's C of E Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shaw Hill Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkfield Community School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Rosary Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sladefield Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Adderley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published