Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Birmingham, Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.92 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Birmingham, Solihull for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery 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 | 0.92 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.92 miles away: 10th longest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 0.92 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2018; the biggest swing between years came from 2019 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 drew 112 first-choice applications for 118 offers; 98 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 19.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 487 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 34.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School.”
- “They arrive with a smile and receive a warm welcome from staff.”
- “Pupils and staff share a deep sense of belonging within the school community, where everyone knows each other well.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not consistently address errors in pupils’ basic knowledge and skills, including handwriting and spelling.”
- “As a result, pupils develop gaps in their learning which hinder their achievement.”
- “However, staff do not use the findings from these checks consistently well across other areas of learning to shape children’s progress.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 112 first-preference applications, 118 offers in total, 98 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 Solihull.
- Castle Bromwich Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Smith's Wood Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingshurst Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yorkswood Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Fordbridge Community Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published