Smith's Wood Primary Academy | School performance

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

444

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

444

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

444

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

17%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 11/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySolihull

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Smith's Wood Primary Academy · Primary · Solihull

Part ofSMITH'S WOOD PRIMARY ACADEMY LIMITED

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

82%

0pp

88%85%82%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 82%

RWM higher standard

10%

-7pp

17%14%10%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

90%

Reading higher standard

30%

Writing expected standard

88%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

90%

Maths higher standard

38%

Science expected standard

92%

SPAG expected standard

92%

SPAG higher standard

43%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

108.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

View full history

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

444

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

53%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

17%

Contact

Address

Burton's Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, B36 0SZ

Local authority

Solihull

Website

www.smithswoodpri.solihull.sch.uk

Telephone

01217798050

—

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	82%	10%	90%	30%	88%	13%	90%	38%	92%	92%	107.0	108.0	109.0	—	—	—	14%	444
2023/24	82%	17%	85%	40%	92%	18%	87%	28%	93%	83%	107.0	106.0	109.0	—	—	—	14%	441
2022/23	88%	17%	90%	36%	93%	24%	91%	43%	90%	93%	106.0	109.0	109.0	+0.70	+2.40	+4.10	14%	447
2018/19	84%	14%	84%	43%	91%	20%	91%	41%	93%	93%	107.0	108.0	111.0	-0.30	-0.40	-0.20	22%	446
2017/18	85%	14%	88%	32%	95%	19%	93%	44%	90%	97%	107.0	109.0	110.0	+0.90	+1.20	+3.40	—	460
2016/17	82%	13%	86%	32%	91%	16%	93%	32%	89%	89%	106.0	107.0	110.0	+2.40	+1.70	+3.50	22%	462

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	444	20.6	14%	9%	53%	5%	17%
2023/24	441	20.7	14%	8%	55%	6%	18%
2022/23	447	18.8	14%	7%	54%	6%	14%
2021/22	452	19.1	17%	7%	53%	7%	19%
2020/21	455	17.8	16%	6%	50%	—	—
2018/19	446	18.8	22%	3%	49%	4%	6%
2017/18	—	19.2	—	—	—	5%	10%
2016/17	462	18.8	22%	2%	55%	4%	10%