St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas More 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 23 January 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas More 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 | Not published |
| 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
- 36.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Reception 2026 drew 48 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 44 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 expected-standard figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Horse Shoes Lane, Birmingham, B26 3HU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 331 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Summed up well by one pupil, this is a school where ‘everyone is special, unique and valued’.”
- “Building strong relationships is at the heart of its work.”
- “Many parents and carers praise the care that staff show.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, where pupils do not recap as frequently on their prior knowledge, learning is not as strong.”
- “Despite reading progress in the 2023 published outcomes being significantly below national averages, the school has taken swift action to strengthen the reading curriculum.”
- “While improvements have been made, attendance continues to be a high priority for the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 February 2024 (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) | 42% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- Stanville Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyndon Green Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lyndon Green Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Elms Farm Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mapledene Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gilbertstone Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published