Burman Infant School
Velsheda Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 2JW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Ella Saxty
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- URN
- 104040
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217441843
About this school
Burman Infant School is a community primary school in Solihull. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 169 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Burman Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Burman Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 215 |
| 2024/25 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burman Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.6% | 12.5% | 169 | — |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James | 50% | 3.9% | 9% | 241 | 0.4 miles |
| Haslucks Green School | — | — | — | 254 | 0.5 miles |
| Woodlands Infant School | — | 3.9% | 15.3% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Mill Lodge Primary School | 56% | 5% | 26.7% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| Shirley Heath Junior School | 64% | 4.8% | 18.4% | 420 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.5%
- English as an additional language
- 31.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.58%
- Persistent absence
- 16.53%
Location
Nearby schools
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Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James0.4 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Haslucks Green School0.5 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Woodlands Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Mill Lodge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Shirley Heath Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Solihull
Other schools in Solihull
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Cheswick Green Primary School Primary
- Coppice Academy Primary
- Cranmore Infant School Primary
- Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School Primary
- Dorridge Primary School Primary
- George Fentham Endowed School Primary
- Greswold Primary School Primary
- Haslucks Green School Primary
- Kineton Green Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Burman Infant School teach?
- Burman Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of Burman Infant School?
- The headteacher of Burman Infant School is Miss Ella Saxty, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Burman Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Burman Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Burman Infant School?
- Burman Infant School has 169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Burman Infant School full?
- Burman Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 169 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Burman Infant School a faith school?
- No. Burman Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Burman Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Burman Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Burman Infant School's absence rate?
- Burman Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Burman Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Burman Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.