Windy Arbor Primary School
Woodlands Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 6RN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Curry
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 464
- Pupils on roll
- 407
- URN
- 149491
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217798080
About this school
Windy Arbor Primary School is a primary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 407 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. 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 107.0 |
Trends over time
How Windy Arbor 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 | — | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 422 |
| 2024/25 | 410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Windy Arbor Primary School compares
Windy Arbor Primary School ranked 29th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 7.9% | 57.8% | 407 | — |
| 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 |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 87% | 5.3% | 18.4% | 234 | 1.2 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)
- 57.84%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.9%
- Persistent absence
- 24.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Coleshill Heath School0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Fordbridge Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Edward's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Windy Arbor Primary School ranks 131st of the 273 ranked primary 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 teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Windy Arbor Primary School?
- The headteacher of Windy Arbor Primary School is Mrs Joanna Curry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Windy Arbor Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Windy Arbor 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 Windy Arbor Primary School?
- Windy Arbor Primary School has 407 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Windy Arbor Primary School full?
- Windy Arbor Primary School has capacity for 464 pupils and 407 on roll (88%), so it has space against 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 Windy Arbor Primary School a faith school?
- No. Windy Arbor Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Windy Arbor Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Windy Arbor Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Windy Arbor Primary School?
- Windy Arbor Primary School is part of PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Windy Arbor Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Windy Arbor 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 Windy Arbor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2023/24 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Windy Arbor Primary School rank locally?
- Windy Arbor Primary School ranked 29th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Windy Arbor Primary School's absence rate?
- Windy Arbor Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 15 July 2026.