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Oak Cottage Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 239 pupils Solihull
Ofsted: Outstanding
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Oak Cottage Primary School is an academy converter in Solihull for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 239 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Oak Cottage Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2019 of its predecessor, Oak Cottage Primary School. It is hard to get into: 47 of the 77 families who put it first for a Reception place in September 2026 did not get one.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Greswolde Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 1DY
Reference Number 151574

General Makeup

Number of pupils 239
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.97%
Girls: 46.03%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 14 16 30
2 18 12 30
3 18 12 30
4 16 14 30
5 18 12 30
6 16 14 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 42.3%
Pakistani 20.9%
Indian 15.9%
White, Other 3.3%
White & Asian 3.3%
Mixed, Other 2.5%
Asian, Other 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.1%
Chinese 2.1%
Unclassified 1.3%
Irish 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Oak Cottage Primary School, inspected in September 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 83 0
Third Preference 37 0
From another Local Authority 21 1

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Oak Cottage Primary School had 209 pupils for 210 places. 1 places (0.5%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Shirley East Primary” planning area

Solihull counted 274 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 285 in 2029–30, up 4%.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2025–26 Oak Cottage Primary School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.4
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.4% of pupils at Oak Cottage Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 2
Speech, language and communication needs 4 2
Social, emotional and mental health 4 1
Hearing impairment 0 1
Multi-sensory impairment 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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Oak Cottage Primary School is part of Collaborative Education Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is Oak Cottage Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Oak Cottage Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2019 of its predecessor, Oak Cottage Primary School.

When was Oak Cottage Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Oak Cottage Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Oak Cottage Primary School have?

Oak Cottage Primary School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Oak Cottage Primary School cover?

Oak Cottage Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Oak Cottage Primary School?

Oak Cottage Primary School is at Greswolde Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1DY.

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