Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Dickens Heath Community Primary School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (community school). Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Dickens Heath Community 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, while places ran out, with a last distance published, in 6 of the 8 earlier years.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 48 first-choice applications for 51 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Three Acres Lane, Dickens Heath, Solihull, B90 1NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “At the start of each day, staff welcome pupils and parents and carers as they enter this caring, inclusive school.”
- “Staff are committed to building a culture of belonging, where all pupils are known and cared for.”
- “This culture is embedded throughout the school.”
To improve
- “However, at times, staff could be more precise and more systematically build knowledge and skills.”
- “However, some activities could be more specifically matched to children’s needs.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 74% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 48 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.
- Tidbury Green School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burman Infant School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mill Lodge Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cheswick Green Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shirley Heath Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
- St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published