Smith's Wood Primary Academy

School overview

Smith's Wood Primary Academy is a primary school serving Birmingham, Solihull, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 444 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 82% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Smith's Wood Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 73 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.82 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 19.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Smith's Wood Primary Academy 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.