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Maney Hill Primary School

Community school in Sutton Coldfield, B72 1JU, taking ages 4 to 11, 421 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Jan 2025
0.94 mi Admitted from, 2023/24
100% Full
75.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2023/24, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.94 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.94 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2023/24.

Maney Hill Primary School: 0.94 miles, 2023/24 Wylde Green Primary School: 1.58 miles, 2023/24, published by Birmingham

This is not a catchment area. 0.94 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Maney Hill Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2023/24, from Birmingham. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Birmingham, published admission distances, 2023/24

Where Maney Hill Primary School and Wylde Green Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Wylde Green Primary School admitted from 1.58 miles in 2023/24, published by Birmingham. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is B72 at £385,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Maney Hill Primary SchoolFrom Wylde Green Primary SchoolMedian sold price
B72 Birmingham 0.2 mi 0.9 mi £385,000 146 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Birmingham, 88 of 813 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (10.8%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Maney Hill Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Wylde Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.58 mi 2023/24 1.1 mi
Boldmere Infant School and Nursery Both in reach Primary 1.57 mi 2023/24 1.2 mi
Penns Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.45 mi 2023/24 1.2 mi
Whitehouse Common Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.9 mi 2023/24 1.4 mi
Walmley Infant School Both in reach Primary 1.17 mi 2023/24 1.5 mi
Court Farm Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.51 mi 2023/24 1.9 mi

The distance as a picture

Maney Hill Primary School catchment area map: the 0.94 mile admission distance, 2023/24 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 421 pupils in 420 places (100% full)
Local authorityBirmingham

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 29 January 2025. Ungraded inspection, January 2025: improved significantly
Meeting the expected standard 75.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 75.0%
2023/24 73.0%
2022/23 80.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Maney Hill Primary School

Girls and boys52.5% girls, 47.5% boys
English as an additional language10.9% of pupils
Free school meals5.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Maney Hill Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 0.94 miles: B72, median £385,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
B72 Birmingham 0.2 mi £385,000 146 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.94 miles the school admitted from in 2023/24, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Maney Hill Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Shooters Hill, 0.1 mi away, with 0.7 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 08:40, last 15:38.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Shooters Hill0.1 mi0.70.00.077A
Shooters Hill0.1 mi0.60.00.077A
Recreation Ground0.1 mi0.70.00.077A

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Maney Hill Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around B72: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at B72 1JU, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Maney Hill Primary School?

Maney Hill Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2023/24 lived 0.94 miles away, per Birmingham.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Maney Hill Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.94 miles was enough in 2023/24, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Maney Hill Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by Birmingham. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.