St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery
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 🔒
St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery 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 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 1 offer to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 12.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.2% 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
- Teazel Avenue, Bournville, St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery, Birmingham, B30 1LZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “St Francis is a happy, child-centred school where pupils feel safe and embrace all that is on offer.”
- “Pupils say that their teachers are ‘amazing’.”
- “They really like seeing the smiles on the faces of staff when they arrive each morning.”
To improve
- “Some subjects are being developed further to ensure there is full coverage of the curriculum.”
- “However, there is a variation in approaches to this across classes.”
- “This means in some lessons, the learning is not always clear, and pupils are not building knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 April 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) | 71% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bournville Village Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Northfield Manor Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cotteridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stirchley Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Laurence Church Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Laurence Church Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published