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Peterbrook Primary School

Primary · Solihull · B90 1HR

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

349 pupils · 83% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.peterbrookschool.com
URN
150832

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 0.5 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.5 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)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 60% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 7% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Solihull 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Solihull 1%, England 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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.03 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

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
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 6.17% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,031; 5.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.3%62.3%
Social housing5.7%17.1%
Privately rented14%20.5%
Detached houses22.8%22.9%
Flats19.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010222 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£195,000–£324,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£380,000
Semi-detached (181)£300,000
Terraced (74)£232,500
Flat (68)£156,500

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 (0.81 km, 2018 entry): 253 sales, median £275,000. 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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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