Olton Primary School

About Olton Primary School

Olton Primary School sits in the middle of the pack in Solihull, and its headline Key Stage 2 results reflect that position rather than leading the local field. The school’s proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined sits at 61%, which is six percentage points below the Solihull local authority average of 67% for primary schools. That gap is modest but consistent, and it places Olton 28th out of 42 primary schools in the borough, in the bottom half locally. Nationally, the school ranks in the 53rd percentile, meaning it performs around the median for all primary schools in England. So while Olton isn’t among the top performers in Solihull — the top three schools in the LA all score above 80% on the same metric — it is also not an outlier at the bottom. The picture is one of a solid, broadly average school within a competitive local authority where five primaries are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

Academically, Olton’s results tell a more nuanced story when you look beyond the combined headline. In reading, 75% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score was 105, while in maths the expected standard was 76% with the same average score of 105. Writing lagged slightly behind at 71% expected. The proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects combined was just 8%, which is low, though individual subject higher scores were more encouraging: 27% in maths and 26% in reading. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023 rated it Good across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a clean sweep of 2s. That’s a consistent improvement from its previous Good rating in 2012, where only leadership and management and overall effectiveness were formally graded. There is no Progress 8 data available for this primary, so we can’t measure how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

Olton is a large primary with 644 pupils, operating above its official capacity of 628, and it is clearly popular with local families. For entry in 2025/26, the school offered 90 places and received 195 applications, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 2.17 applicants per place. All 78 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, which suggests that if you put it first, you have a strong chance. The school has a nursery provision for children from age three, and its facilities are generous for a state primary: playing fields, a library, art studios, music rooms, an ICT suite, a forest school area, and even a chapel. Sports include tennis, swimming, cricket, dance, athletics and football, and clubs range from eco and book club to coding and film club. SEND provision is broad, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional needs, speech and language issues, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families looking for a well-equipped, inclusive community primary in Solihull, where the academic results are solidly average but the pastoral and extracurricular offering is strong.

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