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Castle Vale Nursery School

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Birmingham, B35 6DU · Birmingham local authority

Birmingham’s School Grade B better than 55% of towns in England

How full
134 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Castle Vale Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B35 6) sold for a median £185,000; Birmingham’s is £225,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

159 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
35.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 58%Boys 42%
Its letter

No letter for Castle Vale Nursery School

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Castle Vale Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in B35 6, the school’s postcode sector

Birmingham property prices →
£185,000
median sale, 95 sales in 36 months · Birmingham £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025B35 6Birmingham
B35 6Birmingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£260K
Terraced
£195K
Flat
£85K
B35 6Birmingham

Homes in B35 6 sell for well under Birmingham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

24 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDB+AA−BAB+B−C+DB−B−C+B−D−D−C−B−B−B−D−C−D−Castle Vale Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birmingham, B35 6DU

Castle Vale Nursery School: common questions

What is Castle Vale Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Castle Vale Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B35 6, sold for a median £185,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (95 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Birmingham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.