Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Solihull·B90 4AY
Composite score
66.5
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#2,369
National rank
#200
In West Midlands
#15
In Solihull
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 48 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
133
any preference, for 48 places
Applications from another council area
25%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0520221.0820230.9420240.9520250.902026

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

Every child who put Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
443
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,781
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Solihull, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 443 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 79% 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%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 48 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 26.1 pupils per teacher. Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 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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