St Laurence Church Infant School, Birmingham
St Laurence Church Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 7 in Birmingham, part of Fioretti Trust. It has a Church of England religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Birmingham (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
St Laurence Church Infant School in detail
St Laurence Church Infant School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, athletics, dance, ukulele, guitar and French.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at St Laurence Church Infant School
Across Birmingham, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Birmingham lodged 296 appeals against primary school offers; 179 reached a hearing and 14 succeeded (7.8% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Laurence Church Infant School are St Laurence Church Junior School (under 0.1 miles); St Laurence Church Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); St Laurence Church Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); and Bellfield Primary School (NC) (0.5 miles, Good).
St Laurence Church Junior SchoolSt Laurence Church Junior SchoolSt Laurence Church Infant SchoolBellfield Primary School (NC)
The trust
St Laurence Church Infant School is one of 8 schools run by Fioretti Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Northfield Rail Station, about 750 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beech House (opposite), 180 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Laurence Church Infant School are St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (0.7 miles), Bournville School (0.8 miles), King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys (0.9 miles) and King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls (1 mile).
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic SchoolBournville SchoolKing Edward VI King's Norton School for BoysKing Edward VI Northfield School for Girls
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
St Laurence Church Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as St Laurence Church Infant School (URN 103459), it was rated Good in June 2017. See St Laurence Church Infant School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Term dates
St Laurence Church Infant School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Birmingham's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to St Laurence Church Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. St Laurence Church Infant School is in Birmingham; for families living there:
- How to apply: Travel passes for 5 to 16 year olds
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 29
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 29 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 22 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Applications and offers at St Laurence Church Infant School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 103459). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 80 | 182 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 88 | 86 | 179 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 90 | 95 | 193 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 86 | 79 | 185 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 90 | 86 | 185 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 86 | 82 | 171 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 90 | 102 | 229 | 1.1 | 14 |
| 2019 | 90 | 96 | 239 | 1.1 | 12 |
| 2018 | 90 | 91 | 210 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 90 | 99 | 233 | 1.1 | 12 |
| 2016 | 90 | 123 | 244 | 1.4 | 35 |
| 2015 | 90 | 94 | 210 | 1.0 | 15 |
| 2014 | 90 | 94 | 191 | 1.0 | 6 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Birmingham
Across Birmingham council
Places available
15,375
Applications
12,117
Got 1st preference
92.1%
Got preferred school
99.0%
All primary applications across Birmingham council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at St Laurence Church Infant School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 103459). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
4.9%
Overall absence
9.8%
Persistent absence
184
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about St Laurence Church Infant School
What is St Laurence Church Infant School's Ofsted rating?
St Laurence Church Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as St Laurence Church Infant School (URN 103459), it was rated Good in June 2017.
What is the catchment area for St Laurence Church Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When St Laurence Church Infant School is oversubscribed, Birmingham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to St Laurence Church Infant School?
Apply through Birmingham's coordinated admissions process, naming St Laurence Church Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near St Laurence Church Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 29 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 22 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Birmingham is 41 (the median across 517 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Laurence Church Infant School?
St Laurence Church Infant School is at Bunbury Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2DJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)