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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
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
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 51 | 0.9 | 98% |
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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
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.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 24 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
based on the 96% who raised concerns
based on 15 parents (31%) whose child was bullied
based on 28 parents (57%) with SEND