Mill Lodge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.12 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mill Lodge Primary School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Mill Lodge Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.12 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.12 miles away, the 8th longest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further out than in 2025 and in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 9 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Solihull schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Aqueduct Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 1BT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 235 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this vibrant and inclusive school.”
- “Staff know their pupils well and have high expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
- “They try their best in lessons, have positive attitudes to learning and will ask for help when they need it.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some pupils find their work too easy.”
- “This is because the learning activities are not matched to what pupils already know and can do.”
- “As a result, these pupils miss out on opportunities to deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Solihull.
- Peterbrook Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burman Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslucks Green School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Woodlands Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirley Heath Junior School 1.4 mi Not judged
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published