Community school · Solihull

Dickens Heath Community Primary School

3–11Ages
453Pupils
PrimaryPhase
133720URN

Three Acres Lane, Dickens Heath, Solihull, B90 1NA · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Dickens Heath Community Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Solihull median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Solihull

134 applications for 51 places · 25th of 49 in Solihull

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

74%met the expected standard

Solihull 68% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 28 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement		Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

19 May 2026
Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
6 April 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Solihull median (2.6) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

134 applications · 51 places offered · 48 named it first

2026 2.6; Solihull median median 2.6
2025 2.4; Solihull median median 2.3
2024 2.3; Solihull median median 2.4
2023 2.2; Solihull median median 2.3
2022 2.3; Solihull median median 2.5
2021 2.1; Solihull median median 2.4
2020 2.1; Solihull median median 2.3
2019 1.9; Solihull median median 2.1
2018 2.0; Solihull median median 2.0
2017 1.6; Solihull median median 2.1
2016 1.5; Solihull median median 2.2
2015 1.5; Solihull median median 2.2
2014 1.8; Solihull median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Solihull median in 1 of 13 years.

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	51	134	2.6	48	0.94
Sep 2025	59	142	2.4	58	0.98
Sep 2024	60	136	2.3	57	0.95
Sep 2023	58	125	2.2	55	0.95
Sep 2022	56	127	2.3	54	0.96
Sep 2021	58	121	2.1	59	1.02
Sep 2020	61	129	2.1	60	0.98
Sep 2019	58	112	1.9	55	0.95
Sep 2018	51	102	2.0	47	0.92
Sep 2017	58	92	1.6	49	0.84
Sep 2016	60	90	1.5	55	0.92
Sep 2015	58	88	1.5	50	0.86
Sep 2014	60	108	1.8	65	1.08

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 79% · Maths 87% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%14th of 45 in Solihull

Solihull 68% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard85%

Solihull 82% England 78%

Higher standard61%

Solihull 39% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Solihull 76% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Solihull 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Solihull 82% England 77%

Higher standard53%

Solihull 35% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Solihull median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	74%	21%	109	108
2023/24	66%	16%	107	106
2022/23	74%	15%	108	108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Dickens Heath Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2026

2.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Tidbury Green School
1.2 km · Solihull

Good2023

2.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Woodlands Infant School
1.4 km · Solihull

Good2022

2.6applications per place
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School
1.6 km · Solihull

Remains Good2024

2.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Burman Infant School
1.9 km · Solihull

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.6applications per place
Mill Lodge Primary School
2.0 km · Solihull

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Cheswick Green Primary School
2.1 km · Solihull

Remains Good2023

5.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Shirley Heath Junior School
2.2 km · Solihull

Graded · no overall grade2024

64%met the SATs standard
St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy
2.3 km · Solihull

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 133720 · 334/2098
Capacity: 470 pupils · 453 on roll
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2002
Address: Three Acres Lane, Dickens Heath, Solihull, B90 1NA
Local authority: Solihull

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources