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Colmore Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Birmingham, B14 6AJ · Birmingham local authority

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

Getting in
106/106
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
394 pupils
109% of its 360 places
Free school meals
20%
20 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Colmore Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 394 pupils for 360 places
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (106 of 106)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B14 6) sold for a median £269,500; Birmingham’s is £225,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Colmore Infant and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

106
families put it first for September 2026
117
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (6), 2020 (33), 2021 (14), 2022 (10), 2023 (17), 2024 (4), 2025 (18). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Birmingham council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Birmingham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Birmingham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

2.49 per place
40% got their first choice
2.30 per place
42% got their first choice
1.97 per place
46% got their first choice
1.83 per place
53% got their first choice
1.77 per place
57% got their first choice
1.70 per place
59% got their first choice
1.60 per place
63% got their first choice
1.57 per place
47% got their first choice
1.53 per place
65% got their first choice
Colmore Infant and Nursery
0.91 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

399 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
18.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
22.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for Colmore Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Colmore Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in B14 6, the school’s postcode sector

Birmingham property prices →
£269,500
median sale, 374 sales in 36 months · Birmingham £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025B14 6Birmingham
B14 6Birmingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£388K
Semi-detached
£295K
Terraced
£240K
Flat
£125K
B14 6Birmingham

Homes in B14 6 sell for well over 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

35 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−B−C+DC+A−A−CBCAA−AC+BBB+A−B+B+BB−A−A+A+A−AA+B+BB−C+A−C+Colmore Infant and Nursery …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birmingham, B14 6AJ

Colmore Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Colmore Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 106 families put Colmore Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 117 places were offered in all.

What is Colmore Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Colmore Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B14 6, sold for a median £269,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (374 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.