Shirley Heath Junior School
Coombe Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 3DS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kara Evans
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 420
- URN
- 104050
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217441339
About this school
Shirley Heath Junior School is a community primary school in Solihull. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 420 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Shirley Heath 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 119 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 62% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 87% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 76% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Shirley Heath 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 | 65% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 419 |
| 2024/25 | 418 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shirley Heath Junior School compares
Shirley Heath Junior School ranked 30th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 4.8% | 18.4% | 420 | — |
| Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School | 79% | 4.1% | 12.9% | 444 | 0.4 miles |
| Woodlands Infant School | — | 3.9% | 15.3% | 204 | 0.5 miles |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James | 50% | 3.9% | 9% | 241 | 0.5 miles |
| Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.6% | 12.6% | 247 | 0.5 miles |
| Cranmore Infant School | — | 4.3% | 9.7% | 182 | 0.6 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)
- 18.42%
- English as an additional language
- 23.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.77%
- Persistent absence
- 9.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Woodlands Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James0.5 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Cranmore Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Solihull
Other schools in Solihull
Shirley Heath Junior School ranks 24th 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 Shirley Heath Junior School teach?
- Shirley Heath Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of Shirley Heath Junior School?
- The headteacher of Shirley Heath Junior School is Mrs Kara Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Shirley Heath Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shirley Heath 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 Shirley Heath Junior School?
- Shirley Heath Junior School has 420 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Shirley Heath Junior School full?
- Shirley Heath Junior School has capacity for 420 pupils and 420 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Shirley Heath Junior School a faith school?
- No. Shirley Heath Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Shirley Heath Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Shirley Heath Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Shirley Heath Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shirley Heath Junior School compare with other schools in Solihull?
- Shirley Heath Junior School ranked 30th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shirley Heath Junior School's absence rate?
- Shirley Heath Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shirley Heath Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shirley Heath 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 2 July 2026.