Yorkmead Junior and Infant School, Birmingham
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Birmingham, part of Drb Ignite Multi Academy Trust.
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
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School in detail
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club, from £2.50 per session.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 103284), 78% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Yorkmead Junior and 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 Yorkmead Junior and Infant School are Yorkmead Junior and Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 78% reading, 76% maths); Yarnfield Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 73% maths); Al-Furqan Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 89% reading, 88% maths); and Springfield Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 60% reading, 63% maths).
Yorkmead Junior and Infant SchoolYarnfield Primary SchoolAl-Furqan Primary SchoolSpringfield Primary Academy
The trust
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School is one of 14 schools run by Drb Ignite Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hall Green Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edgcombe Road (opposite), 40 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Yorkmead Junior and Infant School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Yorkmead Junior and Infant School are Hall Green School (0.6 miles); Ninestiles, an Academy (0.6 miles); Yardleys School (0.7 miles); and Moseley School and Sixth Form (0.7 miles).
Hall Green SchoolNinestiles, an AcademyYardleys SchoolMoseley School and Sixth Form
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Yorkmead Junior and Infant School (URN 103284), it was rated Good in October 2017. See Yorkmead Junior and Infant School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Yorkmead Junior and Infant School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 103284). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 66% to 78% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 76% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 70% to 62% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Yorkmead Junior and Infant School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Yorkmead Junior and Infant School.
- Kidz Zone @ UCC Church190m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Yorkmead Junior and 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 Yorkmead Junior and Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Yorkmead Junior and 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
- 66
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 14
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 66 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 14 serious and 52 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
9 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.
Commute and house prices
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- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Applications and offers at Yorkmead Junior and Infant School before it became an academy in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 103284). 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 | 39 | 25 | 91 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 40 | 32 | 98 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 56 | 36 | 111 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 42 | 31 | 100 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 59 | 49 | 114 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 49 | 37 | 119 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 48 | 42 | 123 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 47 | 40 | 120 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 42 | 35 | 109 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 56 | 50 | 128 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 59 | 65 | 125 | 1.1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 52 | 45 | 107 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 59 | 48 | 111 | 0.8 | 0 |
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 Yorkmead Junior and Infant School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 103284). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
7.2%
Overall absence
22.8%
Persistent absence
381
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
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School
Questions parents ask about Yorkmead Junior and Infant School
Are there exam results for Yorkmead Junior and Infant School?
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 103284), 78% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Yorkmead Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Yorkmead Junior and Infant School (URN 103284), it was rated Good in October 2017.
What is the catchment area for Yorkmead Junior and Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Yorkmead Junior and Infant School is oversubscribed, Birmingham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Yorkmead Junior and Infant School?
Apply through Birmingham's coordinated admissions process, naming Yorkmead Junior and 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.
Does Yorkmead Junior and Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Yorkmead Junior and Infant School: Kidz Zone @ UCC Church (190m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Yorkmead Junior and Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 66 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 14 serious and 52 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 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 Yorkmead Junior and Infant School?
Yorkmead Junior and Infant School is at York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 8BB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)