# Dickens Heath Community Primary School

Dickens Heath Community Primary School is a primary school in Solihull, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 453 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E133720. [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 453
- Council: Solihull
- URN: 133720

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 19 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 74% of pupils at Dickens Heath Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Solihull and 62% in England.
21% 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 | 74% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 21% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Tidbury Green School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tidbury-green-school-e104065): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Light Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/light-hall-school-e137231): 1.3 km. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2021. Attainment 8 of 52.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Woodlands Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodlands-infant-school-e104053): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022
- [Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-the-wayside-catholic-primary-school-e148085): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hazel Oak School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hazel-oak-school-e104130): 1.9 km. Special. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024
- [Burman Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burman-infant-school-e104040): 1.9 km. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/133720)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/133720)

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