Kings Norton Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · BIRMINGHAM, 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 🔒
Kings Norton Primary School is a primary school in BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Kings Norton 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, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every 2026 Reception applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 32% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 57.9% 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
- Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, Kings Norton Primary School, BIRMINGHAM, B30 3EU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Kings Norton Primary School.”
- “The school’s values underpin every aspect of its work.”
- “Pupils aspire to be ambitious, supportive, polite, inclusive, resilient and empathetic.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the impact of the curriculum on pupils’ learning is not being checked carefully enough.”
- “This results in some pupils having gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, on occasion, the school does not support some pupils well enough to communicate with other pupils and staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (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) | 59% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 51 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.
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cotteridge Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairway Primary Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Broadmeadow Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bells Farm Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wychall Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published