Windy Arbor Primary School
Woodlands Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 6RN
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Windy Arbor Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Jane Taylor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Meriden
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 464
- Pupils on roll
- 451
- URN
- 104071
- Local authority
- Solihull
About this school
Windy Arbor Primary School was a community primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 451 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Windy Arbor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 |
| Writing progress | +2.40 |
| Maths progress | -2.60 |
How Windy Arbor Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.6% | 56.5% | 451 | — |
| Windy Arbor Primary School | 66% | 7.9% | 57.8% | 407 | 0.0 miles |
| Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School | 61% | 7.4% | 57.4% | 415 | 0.2 miles |
| Coleshill Heath School | — | — | — | 480 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 31.6% | 447 | 0.9 miles |
| Fordbridge Community Primary School | 74% | 5.9% | 62.6% | 522 | 1.1 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.6%
- Persistent absence
- 29.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Windy Arbor Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Coleshill Heath School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Fordbridge Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Windy Arbor Primary School teach?
- Windy Arbor Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Windy Arbor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Windy Arbor Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Windy Arbor Primary School?
- Windy Arbor Primary School had 451 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Windy Arbor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Windy Arbor 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 11 September 2023.