Boldmere Infant School and Nursery

Community school·Infant school Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham·B73 5SD

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

86%

98 first choices, 90 places

First choices per place

1.09

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

253

any preference, for 90 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09

00.511.52

1 per place

1.3320221.3920231.0220241.1820251.092026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Boldmere Infant School and Nursery yet. Birmingham does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 307
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

11.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,646

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Boldmere Junior School Sutton Coldfield · 0.0 mi 58.1 St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Sutton Coldfield · 0.4 mi 47.2 Wylde Green Primary School Sutton Coldfield · 0.7 mi 73.3 Court Farm Primary School Birmingham · 0.9 mi 26.0 Twickenham Primary School Birmingham · 1.1 mi 74.4 Oasis Academy Short Heath Birmingham · 1.1 mi 62.4 Maney Hill Primary School Sutton Coldfield · 1.1 mi 75.6 New Oscott Primary School Sutton Coldfield · 1.1 mi 51.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Boldmere Infant School and Nursery is a primary school serving Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 307 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Boldmere Infant School and Nursery 'Good'.

Competition for places is real here - 86% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (98 first choices for 90 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.