Dickens Heath Community Primary School

State-Funded School

dickens-heath-community-primary-school-solihull-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SolihullLocal Authority

Solihull West and ShirleyConstituency

B90 1NAPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Dickens Heath Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Solihull, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 453 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 28 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 16%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

12%

Black

<1%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

453

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 453
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 6 April 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Jul 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.