Windy Arbor Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Windy Arbor Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development programme that is highly tailored to the context, interests and aspirations of their pupils."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken effective action to address attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a curriculum that provides a clear progression of knowledge and skills across subjects."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that children benefit from a positive start to school life."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a highly inclusive culture."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders' evaluation of the school is highly accurate."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to ensure that pupils develop key handwriting and transcription skills so they can apply them accurately and confidently across the curriculum"; "Leaders should continue to analyse attendance data and implement effective actions to address low rates of attendance, in particular for those who are persistently absent, so that rates of attendance continue to improve"; "Leaders should continue to develop staff's expertise so that interactions across the early years provision further broaden and deepen children's language and understanding".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school is a vibrant and inclusive community where every child is At Windy Arbor Primary School, we pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality education that nurtures"

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

Results rose from 70% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Windy Arbor Primary School as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 55 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 Windy Arbor Primary School are Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 72% reading, 68% maths); Coleshill Heath School (0.7 miles); St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles, 79% reading, 90% maths); and Fordbridge Community Primary School (1.1 miles, 84% reading, 81% maths).

Windy Arbor Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Windy Arbor Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Prosper Together Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

49 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Windy Arbor Primary School (as of April 2026): 94% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 62% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (62%).

57% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%), Mixed (12%) and Black (5%).

In 2026, 105 pupils (25.8%) received SEN support and 24 (5.9%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Windy Arbor Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 12 places, 7 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Marston Green Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Craig Croft (opposite), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Windy Arbor Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Windy Arbor Primary School issued 24 suspensions, 5.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Windy Arbor Primary School are WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) (0.7 miles), The Coleshill School (0.9 miles), Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst (1.1 miles) and John Henry Newman Catholic College (1.2 miles).