Fordbridge Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham, Solihull·B37 5BU
Composite score
59.8
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#3,980
National rank
#368
In West Midlands
#23
In Solihull
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
1.03 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1658 m
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20221.0320231.0320241.0020250.982026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
522
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
62.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,592
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Fordbridge Community Primary School

Fordbridge Community Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Solihull, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 522 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Fordbridge Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 59 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.03 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 63% 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. Fordbridge Community 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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