Schools in Solihull
School admissions in Solihull: application deadlines, offer days and all 89 schools (59 state primary schools, 15 state secondary schools, 1 sixth form college, 6 special schools and 5 independent schools) with Ofsted inspections and results.
Admissions dates
You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in another council area. The closing dates and offer days are set nationally.
| Starting | Apply by | Offers sent |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school (Year 7) | 31 October | 1 March |
| Primary school (Reception) | 15 January | 16 April |
If an offer day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, offers go out on the next working day. Check Solihull's website for local arrangements and in-year applications.
Towns
Birmingham · Coventry · Solihull
Latest Ofsted reports in Solihull
| School | Report card | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Castlewood School Special academy · Birmingham | 6 expected Inspected 23 June 2026 · Before: Requires improvement (2023) | 13 July 2026 |
| Dickens Heath Community Primary School Community school · Solihull | 6 strong, 1 expected Inspected 19 May 2026 | 28 June 2026 |
| Grace Academy Solihull Academy · Birmingham | 6 expected, 1 needs attention Inspected 19 May 2026 | 22 June 2026 |
| Sharmans Cross Junior School Community school · Solihull | 3 expected, 3 needs attention Inspected 12 May 2026 | 14 June 2026 |
| Merstone School Special school · Birmingham | 8 strong Inspected 24 March 2026 | 7 June 2026 |
| Windy Arbor Primary School Academy · Birmingham | 1 strong, 6 expected Inspected 24 March 2026 | 7 June 2026 |
| John Henry Newman Catholic College Academy · Birmingham | 6 expected, 1 needs attention Inspected 3 March 2026 | 29 April 2026 |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School Academy · Solihull | 7 expected Inspected 24 February 2026 · Before: Good (2021) | 29 April 2026 |
| Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School Academy · Birmingham | 5 expected, 2 needs attention Inspected 3 February 2026 · Before: Good (2022, before conversion) | 19 April 2026 |
| Monkspath Junior and Infant School Community school · Solihull | 3 strong, 4 expected Inspected 20 January 2026 | 15 March 2026 |
Ofsted report cards published in the year to 31 August 2026. Latest reports across England.
Primary schools (59) · Secondary schools (15) · Sixth form colleges (1) · Special schools (6) · Independent schools (5) · Alternative provision (3)
Primary schools
59 schools.
- Balsall Common Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bentley Heath CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Berkswell CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bishop Wilson CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Burman Infant School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
- Castle Bromwich Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2021 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cheswick Green Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Coleshill Heath School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021, before conversion) · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Coppice Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cranmore Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Inadequate (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2025
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 strong, 1 expected · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Dorridge Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Fordbridge Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- George Fentham Endowed School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- Greswold Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023 · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Haslucks Green School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kineton Green Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2020 · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kingshurst Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023, before conversion) · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- Knowle CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lady Katherine Leveson CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 86% met expected standard (KS2)
- Marston Green Infant Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025
- Marston Green Junior School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 58% met expected standard (KS2)
- Meriden CofE Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mill Lodge Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Monkspath Junior and Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 strong, 4 expected · 83% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oak Cottage Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019, before conversion), confirmed 2025 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Olton Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Peterbrook Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024, before conversion)
- Sharmans Cross Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 expected, 3 needs attention · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Shirley Heath Junior School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Smith's Wood Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · 82% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Alphege CofE Infant and Nursery School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- St Alphege CofE Junior School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 86% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Andrew's Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 84% met expected standard (KS2)
- St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary and St Margaret's CofE Aided Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Patricks CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Tidbury Green School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed with concerns 2024 · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ulverley School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2012, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 58% met expected standard (KS2)
- Valley Primary Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Widney Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Windy Arbor Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woodlands Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Yorkswood Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2022, before conversion) · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
15 schools.
- Alderbrook School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 65% grade 5+ English and maths
- Arden Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 73% grade 5+ English and maths
- Grace Academy Solihull Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention · 39% grade 5+ English and maths
- Heart of England School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed with concerns 2024 · 47% grade 5+ English and maths
- John Henry Newman Catholic College Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention · 38% grade 5+ English and maths
- Langley School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- Light Hall School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021) · 58% grade 5+ English and maths
- Lode Heath School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- Lyndon School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 48% grade 5+ English and maths
- Park Hall Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 41% grade 5+ English and maths
- Smith's Wood Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 expected, 2 needs attention · 19% grade 5+ English and maths
- St Peter's Catholic School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 59% grade 5+ English and maths
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 20% grade 5+ English and maths
- Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 72% grade 5+ English and maths
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) University technical college · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 14% grade 5+ English and maths
Sixth form colleges
1 school.
- Solihull Sixth Form College Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · C+ average A level grade
Special schools
6 schools.
- Castlewood School Special academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Forest Oak School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2014), confirmed 2024
- Hazel Oak School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), some aspects weaker 2024
- Merstone School Special school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 8 strong
- Reynalds Cross School Special school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024
- The Heights Academy Special free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
Independent schools
5 schools.
- Eversfield Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Kingswood School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025)
- Solihull School Independent, inspected by ISI · 59% A*/A at A level
- The Island Project School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- Trident Alternative Provision Ltd Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
Alternative provision
3 schools.
- Daylesford Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Solihull Alternative Provision Academy Free school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Triple Crown Centre Pupil referral unit · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025
Page updated 26 September 2026.