Smith's Wood Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.82 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Smith's Wood Primary Academy is a primary school in Birmingham, Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Smith's Wood 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 | 0.82 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 Reception place in 2026 lived 0.82 miles away, the 8th shortest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- 50.3% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 43.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 73 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 82% met the expected standard, the highest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Solihull that have results.
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
- Burton's Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Smith’s Wood Primary Academy lives up to its motto of being ‘more than a school’.”
- “Leaders, staff and pupils demonstrate the school values in every aspect of school life.”
- “‘Respect, friendship, responsibility, honesty, perseverance and determination’ are visible in everything they do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 82% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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 John the Baptist Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingshurst Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Bromwich Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Bromwich Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Yorkswood Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fordbridge Community Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published