Best primary schools in Solihull
45 of 61 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Solihull schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 43 of them.
- 47 of 61 rated Good or Outstanding
- 7 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 68.0% (best 86.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 86.0% | Good | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 2 | St Alphege Church of England Junior School Solihull | 86.0% | Not judged declining | — | approximate |
| 3 | St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Solihull | 84.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 4 | Monkspath Junior and Infant School Solihull | 83.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 5 | Smith's Wood Primary Academy Birmingham | 82.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 6 | Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree Solihull | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 7 | Widney Junior School Solihull | 80.0% | Good improving | — | mapped |
| 8 | Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 79.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 9 | Dorridge Primary School Solihull | 78.0% | Not judged | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 10 | Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School Solihull | 77.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 11 | St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy Solihull | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 12 | Balsall Common Primary School Coventry | 76.0% | Not judged | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 13 | St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birmingham | 76.0% | Not judged | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 14 | Dickens Heath Community Primary School Solihull | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 15 | Fordbridge Community Primary School Birmingham | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 16 | George Fentham Endowed School Solihull | 73.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 17 | Knowle Church of England Primary Academy Solihull | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 18 | St Andrew's Catholic Primary School Solihull | 73.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Birmingham | 73.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School Birmingham | 73.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 21 | Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Coventry | 70.0% | Good declining | oversubscribed 1.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 22 | St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School Solihull | 70.0% | Good improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 23 | Olton Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 68.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 24 | Sharmans Cross Junior School Solihull | 68.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 25 | Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley Solihull hidden gem | 68.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 26 | Cheswick Green Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 27 | Greswold Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 28 | Tidbury Green School Solihull | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 29 | Windy Arbor Primary School Birmingham | 66.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 30 | Shirley Heath Junior School Solihull | 64.0% | Not judged improving | — | mapped |
| 31 | Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 32 | Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath Solihull | 63.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 33 | Castle Bromwich Junior School Birmingham | 62.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 34 | Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School Birmingham | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 35 | Coppice Academy Solihull | 60.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 36 | St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Solihull | 60.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 37 | Kineton Green Primary School Solihull hidden gem | 59.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 38 | Marston Green Junior School Birmingham | 58.0% | Not judged improving | — | mapped |
| 39 | Ulverley School Solihull | 58.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 40 | Meriden Church of England Primary School Coventry | 57.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 41 | St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Birmingham | 57.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 42 | Mill Lodge Primary School Solihull | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 43 | Kingshurst Primary School Birmingham | 55.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 44 | Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James Solihull | 50.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 2.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 45 | Yorkswood Primary School Birmingham | 46.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
Also in Solihull
16 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Solihull, not a fairer one.
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Burman Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good
- Coleshill Heath School Ofsted: Good
- Cranmore Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Eversfield Preparatory School
- Haslucks Green School Ofsted: Good
- Marston Green Infant Academy Ofsted: Good
- Oak Cottage Primary School Ofsted: Outstanding
- Peterbrook Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
- Ruckleigh School
- St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Not judged
- Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy Ofsted: Good
- Valley Primary Ofsted: Good
- Woodlands Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Applying in Solihull
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.
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