Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath

About Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath

Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections. The most recent ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed the school remains Good, with leadership and management also rated Good. However, the most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined expected standard in reading, writing and maths, where just 53% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school significantly below the Solihull local authority average of 67%, and ranks it 40th out of 42 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, the school sits in the bottom quarter, at the 73rd percentile. The picture is mixed across individual subjects: reading is a relative strength, with 87% reaching the expected standard and 40% achieving a higher score, while writing (63% expected) and particularly maths (77% expected) lag behind.

Looking more closely at the exam data, the school's average scores tell a similar story. The average reading score of 108 is solid, but the maths average of 106 is more modest. Only 7% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, compared to 40% reaching that level in reading alone. Progress scores are not available for this school, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The school's ranking score of 53 out of a possible 100 places it in the bottom 50% nationally, and it sits well behind its top-performing local peers like St Alphege Church of England Junior School (score 84) and Monkspath Junior and Infant School (score 83). For parents focused on academic outcomes, particularly in maths and writing, these figures warrant careful consideration against other Solihull options.

The school is a mixed, state primary for children aged 2 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It has 218 pupils against a capacity of 252, and is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 62 applications for 30 places, with 28 first-preference offers made. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is low at 6.9%. Facilities include a sports hall, art studios, an ICT suite, a sensory room and a chapel. The school offers a range of clubs including gardening, coding, film club and chess, and sports such as netball, football, gymnastics and rounders. Its SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a small, popular village school that may suit families prioritising a broad SEND offer and a strong reading curriculum, but who are comfortable with below-average KS2 outcomes in maths and writing.

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