Conway Primary School
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 🔒
Conway Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Conway 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- There are 13.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 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
- Conway Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1NS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 391 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Conway Primary is a highly inclusive school where everyone is valued.”
- “Pupils and staff embody the school’s values of ‘ambition, resilience, respect’.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, some areas of learning are less developed than others.”
- “In mathematics, for example, the school continues to develop pupils’ knowledge of problem-solving and reasoning.”
- “Some pupils are not always challenged to extend their knowledge and understanding across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 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) | 54% | 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, 28 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.
- Ladypool Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lift Montgomery 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Olive School, Small Heath 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published