St Andrew's 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 🔒
St Andrew's 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 31 January 2024. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Andrew's 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 applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 31 of the 50 other Solihull primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 6 of the 8 earlier years, Reception places ran out and a last distance was published; that distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- Windrush Close, Solihull, B92 8QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School is a calm, purposeful place in which pupils are happy, confident and love to learn.”
- “Pupils are safe and well cared for, trusting the adults who work with them to help them if they have any worries.”
- “There is a real sense of family and belonging at this school.”
To improve
- “As a result, pupils don’t have as much prior knowledge to draw on in these subjects.”
- “During changes of staffing and approaches, the school has not been as successful in engaging and communicating with parents as it could have been.”
- “This has resulted in some parents feeling dissatisfied with aspects of provision, including the support provided for pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 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) | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Olton Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ulverley School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valley Primary 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kineton Green Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oak Cottage Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published