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Marston Green Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Elm Farm Avenue, Marston Green, Birmingham B37 7AA · marstongreeninfantschool.com · 0121 779 5667
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 326
- 56 over 270 places · 121%
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- First language not English
- 14.1%
- 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, 69 families put the school first and 73 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 73 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 83 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 99 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 93 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 82 | 86 | 1▲ | 92% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.80 mi1.29 km | |
The council says all on time applicants were offered a place.
Ofsted
Marston Green Infant Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 39
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied