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Windy Arbor Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy

Woodlands Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 6RN · windy-arbor.solihull.sch.uk · 0121 779 8080

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
Key stage 2, 2024/25
66%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Solihull 67%, England 62%
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Solihull Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
407
88% of 464 places
Local authority
Solihull
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
59.2%
First language not English
6.9%
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, 54 families put the school first and 55 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 51 (Places 59)51September 2023: 44 (Places 48)44September 2024: 54 (Places 59)54September 2025: 33 (Places 34)33September 2026: 54 (Places 55)54Places 55
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202655541100%
September 2025Sept 202534331100%
September 2024Sept 202459540.9100%
September 2023Sept 202348440.9100%
September 2022Sept 202259510.998%

Results

In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Solihull it was 67%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 52% (England 53%)52%2016/17: 64% (England 61%)64%2017/18: 46% (England 64%)46%2018/19: 49% (England 65%)49%2022/23: 35% (England 60%)35%2023/24: 53% (England 61%)53%2024/25: 66% (England 62%)66%England 62%

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104071)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Windy Arbor Primary School on 24 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
24 Mar 2026
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
94%
Positive
87%
Replies
49
12% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe●85% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved●80% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲85% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▲85% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲89% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 96% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲54% agreeEngland 43%

based on 15 parents (31%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲78% agreeEngland 63%

based on 28 parents (57%) with SEND

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