Dorridge Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Solihull
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.81 miles
Published by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Dorridge Primary School is a primary school in Solihull for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Solihull has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Dorridge 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 | 2.81 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
- For Reception entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.81 miles away, the 3rd longest of 19 Solihull primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 91 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Station Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Solihull
- Pupils on roll
- 702 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Dorridge Primary School is a happy and high performing school.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend such a special place.”
- “There is a strong family feel.”
To improve
- “However, there is still work to do to ensure the precise knowledge the school wants pupils to learn is clearly exemplified.”
- “Where this important knowledge is not explicit, pupils do not always learn the most important information at the right time.”
- “Learning activities do not always enable pupils to demonstrate subject-specific understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 78% | 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: 91 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 89 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 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Knowle Church of England Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkspath Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Alphege Church of England Junior School 2.2 mi Not judged
- Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheswick Green Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published