Holy Souls Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Holy Souls Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holy Souls Catholic 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 18.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Mallard Close, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6BN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 269 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Holy Souls is a caring, friendly school that nurtures warm, positive relationships between pupils, parents, carers and staff.”
- “Staff make time to get to know pupils.”
- “They care about each individual and work hard to promote pupils’ well-being.”
To improve
- “However, the development of reading beyond the phonics programme is not as effective.”
- “It is not clear what knowledge and skills pupils need to learn and when.”
- “This sometimes slows pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 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) | 62% | 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, 29 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.
- Acocks Green Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cedars Academy 0.4 mi Not judged
- The Oaklands Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gilbertstone Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yarnfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive School, Birmingham 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published