Holy Name Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Name Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Holy Name 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 63 of the 86 other Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 21 first-choice applications for 26 offers, 0.8 per offer and the 2nd lowest of 86 Sandwell primary schools; 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 66 applications for 2026 Reception entry, 15 (23%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 9 offers went to them.
- At 20.4%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is below the middle figure of 30.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sandwell.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cross Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6LN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 26 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 Sandwell.
- Grove Vale Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whitecrest Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ferndale Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hamstead Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pennyhill Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published