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Fordbridge Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 5BU · fordbridge.solihull.sch.uk · 0121 779 8040
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- 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
- 522
- 87% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 59.6%
- First language not English
- 13.8%
- 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, 59 families put the school first and 60 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 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 61 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 59 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.03 mi1.66 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.80 mi1.29 km | |
The council says all on time applicants were offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104121)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Fordbridge Community Primary School on 6 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 6 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104121), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104121)
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104121)
Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104121)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Positive
- 69%
- Replies
- 44
- 8% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 11 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 17 parents (39%) with SEND