Dickens Heath Community Primary School, Solihull

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Dickens Heath Community Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve very well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils love coming to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a well-thought-through and progressive curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion lies at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Knowledgeable leaders at Dickens Heath have taken deliberate actions that have impacted well on the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a well-planned and highly effective programme for personal development and wellbeing."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years are happy and generally progress well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff in the early years consistently engage children in high-quality interactions and learning opportunities".

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Dickens Heath Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 81% in Solihull and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 85% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 48 families put Dickens Heath Community Primary School as their first choice and 134 named it as one of their preferences, for 51 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Dickens Heath Community Primary School are Tidbury Green School (0.7 miles, Good, 78% reading, 76% maths); Woodlands Infant School (0.9 miles, Good); Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School (1 mile, 84% reading, 87% maths); and Burman Infant School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement).

Dickens Heath Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

13.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Dickens Heath Community Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 14 places, 13 pupils on roll.

Dickens Heath Community Primary School had 32 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Whitlocks End Rail Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Boundary Lane (opposite), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dickens Heath Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 54 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Solihull (226).

In 2024/25, Dickens Heath Community Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Dickens Heath Community Primary School are Light Hall School (0.8 miles) and Woodrush High School (1.7 miles).