Gossey Lane Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Gossey Lane Academy is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gossey Lane 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 | 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 72.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 60.6%.
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 10% 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
- Gossey Lane, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 0DS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 72.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “As a result of the school’s nurturing ethos, pupils model values such as ‘pride’ and ‘acceptance’.”
- “When describing life at the school, pupils speak with unreserved praise for its kind and welcoming atmosphere.”
To improve
- “However, in some cases, not all staff have the expertise required to deliver the curriculum as intended.”
- “This means some pupils do not progress through the curriculum as well as they could.”
- “However, in some subjects, repeated errors in pupils’ written work are not consistently picked up or remedied.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 63% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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.
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Lea Forest 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Shirestone Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Oval School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Audley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Elms Farm Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published