Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.27 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 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 | 0.27 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
- Reception 2026 drew 79 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 50 first-choice families (63%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.27 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% 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
- Halifax Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2BT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “They attend regularly and value the many opportunities that school life offers them.”
- “They speak warmly about the care, support and opportunities it provides.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, writing opportunities do not match pupils' current ability closely enough.”
- “When this happens, gaps in pupils' learning do not close as quickly.”
- “However, at times, the gains they make are not as evident as they are in the core subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 50% | 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: 79 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Burman Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haslucks Green School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Shirley Heath Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mill Lodge Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published