Peterbrook Primary School

About Peterbrook Primary School

Peterbrook Primary School in Solihull received a Requires Improvement rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in October 2024, but the picture is more nuanced than that single label suggests. The school was not judged on overall effectiveness during that visit, and inspectors rated several areas as Good, including early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes. This marks an improvement compared with the school's previous inspection in February 2022, when the overall effectiveness was Requires Improvement and both early years provision and quality of education were also graded as Requires Improvement. The leadership and management and quality of education remain areas requiring improvement, but the shift in early years and behaviour ratings suggests the school is making progress in key areas. For parents weighing academic outcomes, the most telling metric is the local authority's average Key Stage 2 score of 67, against which Peterbrook's own results would need to be measured, though the school's individual KS2 data is not available in this dataset.

Without published exam results for Peterbrook, the local context provides the best benchmark. Solihull has 59 primary schools of the same type, and only five of those hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding primary is Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James, 2.1 kilometres away. The top-performing schools in the local authority include St Alphege Church of England Junior School, Monkspath Junior and Infant School, and Knowle Church of England Primary Academy, each with ranking scores in the low 80s. Peterbrook's own Progress 8 or KS2 SATs scores are not recorded here, so parents should look to the school directly for its most recent attainment data. What is clear is that the school serves a relatively disadvantaged cohort, with 24.5 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, compared with the national average of around 23 per cent, and this context may influence how its outcomes are best understood.

Peterbrook Primary School has a capacity of 420 and currently enrols 389 pupils, with a nursery provision for children aged three and above. It was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 76 applications for 43 places, with 38 first-preference offers made. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sensory room, gymnasium, ICT suite, playing fields, sports hall, music rooms, and a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, athletics, swimming, and tennis, while clubs include chess, science club, and film club. The school's SEND provisions are extensive, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes it a potentially strong fit for families seeking a mainstream primary with well-documented support for a wide range of additional needs, particularly those who value the improving behaviour and early years provision noted by Ofsted.

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