Our Lady's Catholic 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 🔒
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 February 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady's 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
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
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
- East Meadway, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 0AU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 February 2024
Strengths
- “Positive and caring relationships are at the heart of this school.”
- “Pupils attend happily and regularly.”
- “They are greeted warmly each day by staff who put their needs first.”
To improve
- “However, some of the books pupils read do not carefully match pupils’ individual phonics ability.”
- “This hinders some of the good work the school does in teaching phonics.”
- “Pupils do not get the opportunity to consistently apply their knowledge to reading unknown texts with confidence and fluency.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 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) | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 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.
- The Shirestone Academy 0.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gossey Lane Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- Lift Lea Forest 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hillstone Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Oval School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Elms Farm Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published