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Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Royal Sutton Coldfield, B73 5SD · Birmingham local authority

Royal Sutton Coldfield’s School Grade A+ better than 96% of towns in England

Getting in
84/98
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
308 pupils
114% of its 270 places
Free school meals
9%
9 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 308 pupils for 270 places
  • 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 86% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (84 of 98)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (B73 5) sold for a median £335,000; Royal Sutton Coldfield’s is £368,000
Getting in

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

86% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

98
families put it first for September 2026
90
places offered
86%
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 (42), 2020 (58), 2021 (42), 2022 (32), 2023 (35), 2024 (8), 2025 (18), 2026 (14). 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 Royal Sutton Coldfield, September 2026

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

1.32 per place
76% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.27 per place
79% got their first choice
1.17 per place
86% got their first choice
1.17 per place
77% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery
1.09 per place
86% got their first choice
1.03 per place
81% got their first choice
1.01 per place
98% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

307 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
8.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
11.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

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: Good, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

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

Home prices in B73 5, the school’s postcode sector

Royal Sutton Coldfield property prices →
£335,000
median sale, 512 sales in 36 months · Royal Sutton Coldfield £368,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025B73 5Royal Sutton Coldfield
B73 5Royal Sutton Coldfield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£485K
Semi-detached
£390K
Terraced
£285K
Flat
£160K
B73 5Royal Sutton Coldfield

Homes in B73 5 sell for a little under Royal Sutton Coldfield’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 miNB+C+BAAAAB−A+B+B−B−A−A−A−BB−B+C−D−ADB+A−Boldmere Infant School and …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Royal Sutton Coldfield, B73 5SD

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery: common questions

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

For September 2026, 98 families put Boldmere Infant School and Nursery first and 84 of them were offered a place; 90 places were offered in all.

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

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

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

Homes in its postcode sector, B73 5, sold for a median £335,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (512 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; Royal Sutton Coldfield’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.