OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
18 July 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Solihull
Trust
BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
324
307 full-time ·
17 part-time
Female pupils
155
47.8% of pupils
Male pupils
169
52.2% of pupils
15.5 pts
below England
School
9.3%
Solihull
24.8%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
11.0 pts
below England
School
9.3%
Solihull
13.7%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Solihull
1.0%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
White and Black Caribbean
3.4%
11
Any other Mixed background
2.8%
9
Any other White background
2.5%
8
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
14.2%
46 of
324 pupils
6.6 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
13.6%
44 pupils
England
14.8%
1.2 pts
below
EHC plans
0.6%
2 pupils
England
6.0%
5.4 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
12
Specific learning difficulty
12
Speech, language & communication
7
No specialist assessment yet
6
Autistic spectrum disorder
5
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.50%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.71 pts
lower than
England
School
3.50%
Solihull
6.93%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
7.60%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
8.22 pts
lower than
England
School
7.60%
Solihull
17.64%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.61%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.20 pts
lower than
England
School
0.61%
Solihull
2.39%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
77.1%
11.0 pts
below England
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School
77.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.