Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Three Acres Lane, Dickens Heath, Solihull, B90 1NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs J Nicholls
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Solihull West and Shirley
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 470
- Pupils on roll
- 453
- URN
- 133720
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217338359
About this school
Dickens Heath Community Primary School is a community primary school in Solihull. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 453 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- 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 | 61 | 62 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 66% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 16% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 85% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 95% | 77% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 74% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
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 Dickens Heath Community 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 | 74% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 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 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 464 |
| 2023/24 | 463 |
| 2024/25 | 457 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dickens Heath Community Primary School compares
Dickens Heath Community Primary School ranked 14th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 4.4% | 14.2% | 453 | — |
| Tidbury Green School | 67% | 4.8% | 25.1% | 483 | 0.7 miles |
| Woodlands Infant School | — | 3.9% | 15.3% | 204 | 0.9 miles |
| Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School | 79% | 4.1% | 12.9% | 444 | 1.0 miles |
| Burman Infant School | — | 5.6% | 12.5% | 169 | 1.2 miles |
| Mill Lodge Primary School | 56% | 5% | 26.7% | 235 | 1.3 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)
- 14.15%
- English as an additional language
- 19.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 8.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tidbury Green School0.7 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Woodlands Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Burman Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Mill Lodge Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Solihull
Other schools in Solihull
Dickens Heath Community Primary School ranks 13th 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
- 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 year groups does Dickens Heath Community Primary School teach?
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Solihull.
- Who is the headteacher of Dickens Heath Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Dickens Heath Community Primary School is Mrs J Nicholls, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dickens Heath Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dickens Heath Community 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 big is Dickens Heath Community Primary School?
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School has 453 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Dickens Heath Community Primary School full?
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School has capacity for 470 pupils and 453 on roll (96%), 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 Dickens Heath Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dickens Heath Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dickens Heath Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dickens Heath Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Dickens Heath Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Dickens Heath Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Dickens Heath Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dickens Heath Community Primary School rank locally?
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School ranked 14th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dickens Heath Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Dickens Heath Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dickens Heath Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dickens Heath Community 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 15 July 2026.