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St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Solihull · B92 7RR

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Expected 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: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 29 April 2026

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At a glance

233 pupils · 97% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://stmargarets.bdmat.org.uk/
URN
146107

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.61 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.3 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 24 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.61 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.3 miles for 2022 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.3 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criteria 5 (worship at another Christian church)
0.83 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
Solihull average68.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and NurseryPreston · 101 miles awayGood73%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAddlestone · 93 miles awayExpected standard79%
Lymington Junior SchoolLymington · 117 miles awayGood81%
Staplegrove Church SchoolTaunton · 113 miles awayGood63%
Radford Semele CofE Primary SchoolLeamington Spa · 17 miles awayNo current grade63%
Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolBrighton · 136 miles awayGood48%
Acton Church of England Primary AcademyNantwich · 54 miles awayGood84%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolBury · 83 miles awayGood79%
St Bernard's RC Primary School, BoltonBolton · 83 miles awayGood72%
St Charles' Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 178 miles awayGood83%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterColchester · 119 miles awayOutstanding74%
Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary AcademySt Albans · 81 miles awayNot yet graded83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 7% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Solihull 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 2% (Solihull 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Solihull 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%)

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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.4%
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
25.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 30.9 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 £51,478; 18.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,482
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 87% (77%) · premises 0% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£96,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.4%62.3%
Social housing12.2%17.1%
Privately rented17.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats16.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010177 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£275,000599 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£218,000–£347,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£392,500
Semi-detached (323)£305,000
Terraced (142)£265,000
Flat (106)£156,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.48 km, 2022 entry): 103 sales, median £332,500. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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