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Monkspath Junior and Infant School

Primary · Solihull · B90 4EH

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 15 March 2026

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At a glance

703 pupils · 119% of 589 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.monkspath.solihull.sch.uk
URN
104084

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 68 families named it first for 72 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.55 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

72 places offered · 68 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.55 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

90 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
Solihull average68.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fairfields Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 47 miles awayGood80%
Gordonbrock Primary SchoolBrockley · 99 miles awayOutstanding (2019)85%
Mangotsfield Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 69 miles awayOutstanding78%
Launde Primary SchoolLeicestershire · 33 miles awayExpected standard87%
Stafford Leys Community Primary SchoolLeicester · 29 miles awayExpected standard73%
Southville Primary SchoolBristol · 74 miles awayGood75%
Collis Primary SchoolTeddington · 91 miles awayOutstanding87%
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 124 miles awayGood72%
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton ChapelStockport · 74 miles awayGood72%
St George's Catholic Primary SchoolEnfield · 88 miles awayGood81%
Hill View Primary AcademyBournemouth · 113 miles awayGood54%
Winton Primary SchoolBournemouth · 113 miles awayGood88%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 12% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 7% (Solihull 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Solihull 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.14 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Solihull: 2.55 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,779; 13.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,482
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £405,878; in-year balance -£80,275

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.1%62.3%
Social housing1.5%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses65.1%22.9%
Flats6.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010207 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£430,000221 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£330,000–£545,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (136)£520,000
Semi-detached (52)£333,000
Terraced (26)£289,000
Flat (7)£80,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.49 km, 2022 entry): 1,216 sales, median £408,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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