Hodge Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Hodge Hill Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Hodge Hill 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
- Free school meal eligibility is 40.7% of pupils, with 18.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figures across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham are 53.6% and 20.7.
- For Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as also happened at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 65 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% 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
- 76 Twycross Grove, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, B36 8LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 651 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a happy and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders realise their vision, which places ‘Pupils at the heart of all we think, say and do’.”
- “Leaders have built strong relationships with parents and the community.”
To improve
- “However, this approach is less well established in other subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils find it difficult to remember what they have learned over time.”
- “However, some books which early readers take home are not well matched to the phonics they learn in school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 July 2023 (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) | 55% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 65 offers in total, 58 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.
- Tame Valley Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ward End Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Colebourne Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Sladefield Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published