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Coleshill Heath School

Primary · Birmingham · B37 7PY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 June 2021

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At a glance

480 pupils · 91% of 530 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
63.3% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.chs.solihull.sch.uk/
URN
151575

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 41 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.8 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 June 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

41 places offered · 40 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 (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.8 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 73% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
8.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.5%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,863; 14.3% 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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways34.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier37.6%62.3%
Social housing43.1%17.1%
Privately rented18.9%20.5%
Detached houses1.9%22.9%
Flats43.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van43%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010111 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000329 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£163,000–£230,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£452,500
Semi-detached (50)£232,500
Terraced (194)£188,000
Flat (51)£127,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.29 km, 2021 entry): 468 sales, median £194,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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