Shirley Heath Junior School
Primary schoolShirley Heath Junior School is a primary school in Solihull, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 64% of pupils at Shirley Heath Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Solihull and 62% in England.
12% 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 | 64% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 12% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Kingswood SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file690 m
- Woodlands Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022770 m
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St JamesPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022850 m
- Light Hall SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2021. Attainment 8 of 52.0 (2025/26, provisional)940 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).