St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant 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, 34% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 51.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 65.8% 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
- Shawsdale Road, Birmingham, B36 8LY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 265 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “St Wilfrid’s is a school where warmth, care, respect and learning all go hand in hand.”
- “Pupils show consideration for each other.”
- “The school’s cultural diversity forms the backdrop to pupils’ learning about a range of faiths and ways of life.”
To improve
- “There has been an unsettled period over some time as leadership changed.”
- “Pupils’ outcomes in national tests have been below the expected standards.”
- “The school recognised that all pupils were not achieving well enough previously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 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) | 34% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- Firs Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heathlands Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tame Valley Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hodge Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chivenor Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colebourne Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brownmead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Topcliffe Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published