Mill Lodge Primary School
Aqueduct Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 1BT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Challender
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 235
- URN
- 104057
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01214303010
About this school
Mill Lodge Primary School is a community primary school in Solihull. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 235 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mill Lodge Primary 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 20 September 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 68% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 81% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 68% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 81% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Mill Lodge Primary 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 | 52% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 244 |
| 2024/25 | 243 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mill Lodge Primary School compares
Mill Lodge Primary School ranked 42nd of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5% | 26.7% | 235 | — |
| Peterbrook Primary School | — | 6% | 25.9% | 349 | 0.3 miles |
| Burman Infant School | — | 5.6% | 12.5% | 169 | 0.7 miles |
| Yardley Wood Community Primary School | 37% | 8% | 60.2% | 442 | 0.8 miles |
| Chilcote Primary School | 81% | 4.6% | 20.4% | 458 | 0.9 miles |
| Haslucks Green School | — | — | — | 254 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.73%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.01%
- Persistent absence
- 13.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Peterbrook Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Burman Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Yardley Wood Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Chilcote Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Haslucks Green School0.9 miles
Primary · Solihull
Other schools in Solihull
Mill Lodge Primary School ranks 31st 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 Mill Lodge Primary School teach?
- Mill Lodge Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of Mill Lodge Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mill Lodge Primary School is Mrs Joanne Challender, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mill Lodge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mill Lodge Primary 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 Mill Lodge Primary School?
- Mill Lodge Primary School has 235 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mill Lodge Primary School full?
- Mill Lodge Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 235 on roll (112%), 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 Mill Lodge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mill Lodge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mill Lodge Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mill Lodge Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Mill Lodge Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Mill Lodge Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mill Lodge Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mill Lodge Primary School compare with other schools in Solihull?
- Mill Lodge Primary School ranked 42nd of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mill Lodge Primary School's absence rate?
- Mill Lodge Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mill Lodge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mill Lodge Primary 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 29 June 2026.