Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years; the last distance swung most sharply from 2020 to 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Families living outside Solihull made 33 of the 133 Reception 2026 applications (25%), and 10 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 79% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, and 13% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
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
- Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4AY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 444 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “The word ‘community’ accurately sums up this happy, vibrant school.”
- “There is an impressive sense of belonging here.”
- “This is shared by everybody, from pupils and their parents and carers to the staff and governors.”
To improve
- “However, there are times when teachers provide too much information or do not provide enough time for pupils to process what they have heard.”
- “This results in pupils not remembering information or learning as well as they could.”
- “However, despite the approaches at school to reduce pupils’ absence, some disadvantaged pupils are absent or arrive late to school too often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2024 (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) | 79% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 43 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.
- Woodlands Infant School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shirley Heath Junior School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Cranmore Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Widney Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Burman Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published