Castle Bromwich Junior School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Castle Bromwich Junior School on 6 areas: 3 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "On the whole, pupils achieve well at Castle Bromwich Junior."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders think carefully about the support they provide for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school recognises the importance of developing pupils more widely."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "While leaders have high expectations for pupils to attend regularly, pupils' attendance has not been high enough over time."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Across the school, teaching is generally effective, but the quality of teaching varies from class to class."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school's new senior leaders are working at pace to improve this school, putting pupils at the heart of their decision-making."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers have the skills to identify and address pupils' misconceptions quickly so that any gaps in their curriculum knowledge do not persist"; "Leaders should continue to monitor their attendance strategy closely to improve pupils' attendance rates"; "Leaders should ensure that the support given to improve pupils' behaviour is timely and effective so that incidents of poor behaviour are reduced"; "Leaders should ensure that the school's plans for improvement are carefully monitored so that the impact of the school's actions can be embedded swiftly".

In its own words: "CBJS will provide a broad and engaging education to all children, developing them academically, socially and physically. We will support our children to; Accept - accepting and being inclusive of all backgrounds and beliefs. Adapt - adapting to challenges whilst having high expectations, Aspire - aspiring to be the best we can in all that we do."

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 18 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Castle Bromwich Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 81% in Solihull and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

Across Solihull, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Solihull lodged 105 appeals against primary school offers; 31 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (3.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Castle Bromwich Junior School are Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School (0.3 miles); Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, 70% reading, 52% maths); Timberley Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 68% maths); and Hillstone Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths).

Castle Bromwich Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Castle Bromwich Junior School is one of 5 schools run by Prosper Together Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

37.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (67%), Mixed (13%) and Asian (12%).

In 2026, 101 pupils (21.6%) received SEN support and 16 (3.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Water Orton Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hurst Close (opposite), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Castle Bromwich Junior School issued 78 suspensions, 16.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Castle Bromwich Junior School are Park Hall Academy (0.6 miles), Smith's Wood Academy (0.9 miles) and Lift Greenwood (1.4 miles).