Balsall Common Primary School
Primary schoolBalsall Common Primary School is a primary school in Solihull, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 665 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Balsall Common Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Solihull and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Heart of England SchoolSecondary. School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, May 2024. Attainment 8 of 44.3 (2025/26, provisional)270 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Solihull
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).