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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · 581 pupils

Valley Primary

Old Lode Lane, Solihull, B92 8LW
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Ofsted: Good · June 2023(32/49)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 7,270th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(32/49)Rank among 49 Solihull primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Solihull league table →
Inspection
Good, June 2023
Results
65% expected standard; 4% higher standard
Size
581 pupils; 57 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Higher standard: 4%, against 12% in Solihull.
  • Sessions missed: 6.3%, against 4.8% in Solihull.
  • Persistently absent: 16.0%, against 11.1% in Solihull.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 1.7, against 1.1 in Solihull.
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At a glance

Against Solihull and England
This schoolSolihullEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
65%
In line with Solihull
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
4%
Worse than Solihull
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
6.3%
Worse than Solihull
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
16.0%
Worse than Solihull
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.7
Worse than Solihull
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
26.1
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
16%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
23.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
In line with Solihull
Solihull and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council publishes no last distance offered for this school in the years we hold (2024 to 2026). Check your postcode for the distance from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026—————
Reception2025—————
Reception2024—————

Source: Council offer-day figures: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, 2024 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

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Results

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 27 June 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 65% (England 62%) (county 67%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 4% (England 8%) (county 12%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%62%67%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard4%8%12%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(32/49)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Solihull league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

  • Absence: 6.3% of sessions missed; 16% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 26.1 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 23.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 111 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 9 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 17.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.6 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/256.3%4.7%1.7%16%1.8%
Schools with a similar intake4.6%9.6%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.70.5%100
Schools with a similar intake0.8

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size26.12025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher23.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus111

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20254
20241
20232
20221
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO217.72024
PM1012.02024
PM257.62024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals16%2025/26
First language other than English31%2025/26
SEN support14%2025/26
Education, health and care plan2.9%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Ofsted

Ofsted, June 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
27 June 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Admissions

Getting in

  • 57 families put it first for 57 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026575712857
Reception2025716912969

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2025 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Who runs it

  • The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, with 37 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined December 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 December 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Valley Primary (URN 104052) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2024
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

St Andrew's Catholic Primary School0.6 miUlverley School0.8 miOlton Primary School0.9 miSt Margaret's Church of England Primary School1.1 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

Kids Planet Hatchford0.1 miles
Kids Planet Solihull0.1 miles
Elmdon Day Nursery (UK) Limited0.3 miles
Little Explorers Nursery0.5 miles
Source: Ofsted early years register.
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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Solihull and the Solihull league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.