Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Solihull
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry156 applications · 60 places offered · 40 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2025 2.5; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2024 3.0; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2022 2.3; Solihull median median 2.5
- 2021 2.3; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2020 2.1; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2019 2.8; Solihull median median 2.1
- 2018 2.8; Solihull median median 2.0
- 2017 2.3; Solihull median median 2.1
- 2016 2.5; Solihull median median 2.2
- 2015 2.3; Solihull median median 2.2
- 2014 2.1; Solihull median median 2.1
- This school
- Solihull median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 156 | 2.6 | 40 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2025 | 52 | 129 | 2.5 | 32 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2024 | 48 | 145 | 3.0 | 40 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 114 | 2.3 | 43 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 45 | 104 | 2.3 | 36 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 43 | 99 | 2.3 | 37 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 58 | 123 | 2.1 | 48 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 58 | 164 | 2.8 | 49 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 57 | 158 | 2.8 | 61 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 | 56 | 128 | 2.3 | 47 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 144 | 2.5 | 62 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 137 | 2.3 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 58 | 124 | 2.1 | 47 | 0.81 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Woodlands Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.6applications per place
- 0.5 km · SolihullRemains Good20242.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade202464%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SolihullGraded · no overall grade20253.6applications per place
- 1.0 km · Solihull20267.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Solihull20262.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SolihullGood20223.8applications per place
- 1.6 km · Solihull20263.5applications per place
- 1.6 km · SolihullRemains Good2024
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 104053 · 334/2026
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 204 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Woodlands Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2PX
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources