Monkspath Junior and Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Monkspath Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 4–11 (community school). Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Monkspath Junior and Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 3 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 68 first-choice applications for 72 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 24.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull.
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
- Farmhouse Way, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4EH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 703 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy at this inclusive and welcoming school which parents, carers and staff describe as having a family feel.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive relationships with warm and caring staff.”
- “There is a calm and purposeful environment in classrooms and around the school.”
To improve
- “While many improvements are already having a positive impact, some changes are still being embedded consistently across the school.”
- “Occasionally, teachers' checks on understanding do not lead to mistakes being put right straight away.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not benefit as quickly as they might.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2026 (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) | 83% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 72 offers in total, 68 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.
- Widney Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cranmore Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alphege Church of England Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Cheswick Green Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published