Osborne Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Osborne Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Osborne 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
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- On 2024/25 reading, writing and maths, it was the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- In 2026, Reception had 40 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meals eligibility is 66.3%, against a middle figure of 52.4% 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
- Osborne Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6TY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils do very well at Osborne Primary because staff put their needs and interests first.”
- “Every member of staff genuinely cares for each individual pupil.”
- “This helps them to feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “Historically, pupils’ outcomes at the end of key stage 2 have been weak.”
- “However, the new curriculum has only recently been fully introduced so some pupils continue to have gaps in their learning.”
- “The school understands that there are still too many pupils who do not attend school often enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 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) | 45% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 40 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.
- Abbey Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Featherstone Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Yenton Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Court Farm Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birches Green Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wylde Green Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published