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Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Yardley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6LG · cottesbrooke-inf.bham.sch.uk · 0121 706 2742
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 279
- 80% of 348 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
- First language not English
- 38.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 60 families put the school first and 65 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 65 | 60 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 66 | 57 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 68 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 32
- 11% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied