St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Birmingham, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.49 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Edward's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Warwickshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
St Edward'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 | 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.49 miles away, the 59th shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 28 went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Packington Lane, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 3JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be members of this school.”
- “Together, they ensure that the school’s Catholic values of generosity, compassion and curiosity shine through everything they do.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils to achieve well in their academic studies and personal lives.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the information provided by these checks is not always used effectively.”
- “This means that occasionally the tasks teachers set are not well matched to pupils’ knowledge or needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 87% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Warwickshire.
- Coleshill Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- High Meadow Community School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Water Orton Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shustoke CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Curdworth Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bournebrook CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingsbury Primary School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hurley Primary School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published
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