Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Solihull, B90 4AY
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Shirley Heath Junior School
Coombe Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 3DS
Local ranking17th of 56 primary schools in Solihull
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 90
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 418
- Boys
- 204 (49%)
- Girls
- 214 (51%)
- Capacity
- 420 (100% full)
- SEND
- 17.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.4%
- EAL
- 23.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,313/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 50.4%
- Asian Indian: 13.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.4%
- Asian Chinese: 9.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Other: 2.4%
50.4%
White British
13.3%
Asian Indian
11.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Coombe Road
Solihull, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104050
- UKPRN
- 10071487
- Establishment No.
- 2019
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