Sharmans Cross Junior School
Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull, B91 1PH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Williams
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 409
- URN
- 104049
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217052379
About this school
Sharmans Cross Junior School is a community primary school in Solihull. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 409 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sharmans Cross Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 118 | 90 | 120 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 76% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 9% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 88% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 90% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 88% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sharmans Cross Junior 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 | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 419 |
| 2024/25 | 418 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sharmans Cross Junior School compares
Sharmans Cross Junior School ranked 24th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 4.2% | 13.4% | 409 | — |
| Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.6% | 12.6% | 247 | 0.5 miles |
| Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy | — | 4.5% | 9.4% | 213 | 0.6 miles |
| Oak Cottage Primary School | — | — | — | 239 | 0.8 miles |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley | 68% | 5.4% | 20.5% | 484 | 0.8 miles |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | 84% | 3.7% | 8.6% | 235 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.4%
- English as an additional language
- 25.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.15%
- Persistent absence
- 7.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Streetsbrook Infant and Early Years Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Oak Cottage Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley0.8 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Solihull
Other schools in Solihull
Sharmans Cross Junior School ranks 19th of the 32 ranked primary schools in Solihull.
- Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Burman Infant 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
Common questions
- What ages does Sharmans Cross Junior School teach?
- Sharmans Cross Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of Sharmans Cross Junior School?
- The headteacher of Sharmans Cross Junior School is Mrs Lucy Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sharmans Cross Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sharmans Cross Junior 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 Sharmans Cross Junior School?
- Sharmans Cross Junior School has 409 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Sharmans Cross Junior School full?
- Sharmans Cross Junior School has capacity for 420 pupils and 409 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sharmans Cross Junior School a faith school?
- No. Sharmans Cross Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sharmans Cross Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sharmans Cross Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Sharmans Cross Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sharmans Cross Junior School compare with other schools in Solihull?
- Sharmans Cross Junior School ranked 24th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sharmans Cross Junior School's absence rate?
- Sharmans Cross Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sharmans Cross Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sharmans Cross Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 15 July 2026.