Knowle Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.28 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Knowle Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Knowle Church of England Primary Academy 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 | 3.28 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
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 3.28 miles away, the longest of the 19 Solihull primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- That 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2018, though it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% 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
- Kixley Lane, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 468 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Patience, gentleness and kindness lie at the heart of Knowle CofE Primary Academy.”
- “A strong Christian ethos underpins relationships and expectations.”
- “Pupils are happy to attend school because they believe staff care for them.”
To improve
- “In other subjects, the written intent about how knowledge and skills should be built on from the early years and into Year 1 is not yet in place.”
- “However, there are some cases where this is not as strong, and teachers do not routinely check that all pupils have a sense of whether they have achieved the intended outcome of the lesson.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 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) | 73% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Dorridge Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alphege Church of England Junior School 2.1 mi Not judged
- Monkspath Junior and Infant School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree 2.6 mi Good Last distance published