The Olive School, Small Heath
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.49 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Olive School, Small Heath is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Olive School, Small Heath 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 | 1.49 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 138 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 80 first-choice families (58%) were not offered a place.
- In Reception 2026 it had 2.3 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.49 miles away, the 12th longest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance; further than in 2025.
- 97% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Waverley Road, Birmingham, B10 0EG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “There is a wonderfully friendly welcome for all at this school.”
- “Staff, pupils and their parents and carers feel a strong sense of belonging.”
- “They praise the school for how much like a family it is and for how well it helps pupils to learn and develop.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 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) | 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: 138 first-preference applications, 60 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.
- Lift Montgomery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Somerville Primary (NC) School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Benedict's Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Conway Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladypool Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published