Smith's Wood Primary Academy

State-Funded School

smiths-wood-primary-academy-solihull-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SolihullLocal Authority

Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthConstituency

B36 0SZPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Smith's Wood Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Solihull, West Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 445 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 82%
Higher standard: 17%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

Black

Mixed

16%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

445

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

50%

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 445
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023. 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
25 May 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.