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Burman Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Velsheda Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 2JW · burman.solihull.sch.uk · 0121 744 1843
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 169
- 94% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 17.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Solihull Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 38 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 40 | 0.7 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 43 | 0.8 | 86% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Burman Infant School on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Jul 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 52
- 28% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied