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George Fentham Endowed School

Primary · Solihull · B92 0AY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 January 2025

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At a glance

220 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
15.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.georgefenthamschool.co.uk/
URN
104094

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.61 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 14 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 27 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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.61 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
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
Oakley Primary AcademyBedford · 53 miles awayGood63%
Brodetsky Primary SchoolLeeds · 99 miles awayGood75%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 93 miles awayGood63%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-StreetChester le Street · 168 miles awayGood77%
Over Primary SchoolCambridge · 73 miles awayRequires improvement21%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 123 miles awayGood70%
Ashfield Junior SchoolBushey · 79 miles awayGood75%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolChatham · 122 miles awayGood77%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolNantwich · 56 miles awayGood61%
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 128 miles awayGood55%
Westlands Primary SchoolNewcastle-under-Lyme · 46 miles awayGood64%
St John Vianney Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 6 miles awayGood86%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 4% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Solihull 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Solihull 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

23.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 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 £55,784; 14.3% 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£6,568
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £28,641; in-year balance -£19,455

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health59.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.5%62.3%
Social housing7.4%17.1%
Privately rented10%20.5%
Detached houses51.1%22.9%
Flats11%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010108 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£519,00082 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£332,500–£677,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£670,000
Semi-detached (14)£529,000
Terraced (17)£377,500
Flat (14)£210,000

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 (4.20 km, 2025 entry): 295 sales, median £480,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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