Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Solihull·B90 2BT
Composite score
52.3
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#6,449
National rank
#649
In West Midlands
#34
In Solihull
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
37%
79 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
2.72
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
217
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
01234
1 per place
2.6220222.6320232.2320242.6920252.722026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James yet. Solihull does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
241
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,445
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James

Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James is a primary school in Solihull, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 241 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 27.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 79 first choices for 29 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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