Princethorpe Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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 🔒
Princethorpe Infant School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Princethorpe 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
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 29.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 21.9.
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
- Princethorpe Road, Weoley Castle, Birmingham, B29 5QB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Princethorpe Infant School.”
- “The belief that ‘lives can be transformed by what goes on in school’ underpins everything that the school does for its pupils and diverse community.”
- “Parents and carers speak highly of the school’s work and care.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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.
- Princethorpe Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Jervoise School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Paganel Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northfield Manor Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Green Meadow Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodcock Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published