Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry128 applications · 57 places offered · 57 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Solihull median median 2.6
- 2025 1.8; Solihull median median 2.3
- 2024 1.7; Solihull median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; Solihull median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Solihull median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Solihull median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Solihull median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Solihull median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Solihull median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Solihull median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Solihull median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Solihull median
Dashed bars: as Valley Primary (URN 104052), 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 | 57 | 128 | 2.3 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 71 | 129 | 1.8 | 69 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 * | 80 | 135 | 1.7 | 66 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 * | 62 | 123 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 * | 63 | 119 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 * | 75 | 120 | 1.6 | 69 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 * | 78 | 126 | 1.6 | 69 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 * | 89 | 165 | 1.9 | 104 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 * | 90 | 159 | 1.8 | 81 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 86 | 144 | 1.7 | 78 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 * | 91 | 137 | 1.5 | 90 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 137 | 1.5 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 88 | 121 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.81 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Valley PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place
- 0.9 km · SolihullRemains Good20242.6applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · BirminghamGood20242.4applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SolihullRemains Good20242.9applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SolihullGood20232.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · BirminghamRemains Good20222.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BirminghamGood20234.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Solihull20264.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Birmingham20262.7applications per place 60%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
- 151018 · 334/2024
- Capacity
- 710 pupils · 581 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2024
- Replaced
- Valley Primary (URN 104052)
- Address
- Old Lode Lane, Solihull, B92 8LW
- Local authority
- Solihull
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources