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Yorkswood Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Birmingham, B37 6DF · Solihull local authority

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

Its letter
12%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
42/42
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
375 pupils
69% of its 540 places
Free school meals
68%
68 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Yorkswood Primary School

  • Its own letter, D: Key Stage 2 results near the bottom of England’s primary schools (better than 12%)
  • Room to spare: 375 pupils for 540 places
  • 68% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, March 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (42 of 42)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B37 6) sold for a median £215,000; Birmingham’s is £225,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Yorkswood Primary School?

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

42
families put it first for September 2026
50
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Solihull 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
Yorkswood Primary
0.84 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

388 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
20.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
64.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

Yorkswood Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths DBetter than 12% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, March 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Yorkswood Primary School

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

Home prices in B37 6, the school’s postcode sector

Birmingham property prices →
£215,000
median sale, 259 sales in 36 months · Birmingham £225,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025B37 6Birmingham
B37 6Birmingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£310K
Semi-detached
£240K
Terraced
£195K
Flat
£110K
B37 6Birmingham

Homes in B37 6 sell for a little 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

28 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+CCB−C−C−A+A+A+CB−B−CD−DD−C−C−A−AC−CC−BCBDYorkswood Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Birmingham, B37 6DF

Yorkswood Primary School: common questions

Is Yorkswood Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 12% of England’s primary schools (its letter is D), with 0% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Requires improvement, March 2022.

How hard is it to get into Yorkswood Primary School?

For September 2026, 42 families put Yorkswood Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 50 places were offered in all.

What is Yorkswood Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (March 2022).

How much do houses cost near Yorkswood Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, B37 6, sold for a median £215,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (259 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.

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