Cromwell Junior and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.10 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cromwell Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cromwell 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 | 0.10 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.10 miles away, the shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers; the 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 97% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% 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
- Cromwell Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 238 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 77.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Visitors know they are in a special place as soon as they enter this vibrant, welcoming school.”
- “Everyone is friendly, and the colourful environment is filled with the sound of happy children and a menagerie of animals.”
- “Pupils thrive and feel safe at school because they know caring staff want the absolute best for everyone.”
To improve
- “However, not all the protected characteristics are taught with equal depth.”
- “This is limiting pupils experience and understanding of different families and relationships.”
- “Recently there have been less opportunities for pupils to go on trips than the school would like.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 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) | 97% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Clement's Church of England Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aston Tower Community Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's C of E Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- E-ACT Nechells Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published