Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Solihull
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 3 February 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 26 January 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School, URN 104067
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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 entry245 applications · 118 places offered · 112 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2025 1.8; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2024 1.8; Solihull median median 2.4
- 2023 1.9; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2022 2.0; Solihull median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Solihull median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; Solihull median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Solihull median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Solihull median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Solihull median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Solihull median
Dashed bars: as Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School (URN 104067), the previous school.
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 | 118 | 245 | 2.1 | 112 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 119 | 213 | 1.8 | 134 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 118 | 211 | 1.8 | 115 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 114 | 220 | 1.9 | 123 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 * | 117 | 229 | 2.0 | 141 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 * | 115 | 231 | 2.0 | 138 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 * | 113 | 245 | 2.2 | 145 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2019 * | 116 | 248 | 2.1 | 141 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 * | 124 | 237 | 1.9 | 134 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 * | 117 | 235 | 2.0 | 127 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 * | 120 | 250 | 2.1 | 142 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 * | 122 | 238 | 2.0 | 140 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 * | 119 | 248 | 2.1 | 138 | 1.16 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place
- 0.5 km · Solihull202662%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SolihullRemains Outstanding20232.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · BirminghamRemains Good20243.5applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · BirminghamGood20232.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SolihullGood20243.2applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · BirminghamGood20221.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SolihullGood20243.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20253.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149490 · 334/2060
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 487 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2023
- Replaced
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School (URN 104067)
- Address
- Green Lane, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0BX
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources