Ulverley School

About Ulverley School

Ulverley School is a mixed state primary in Solihull, currently educating 472 pupils against a capacity of 500, meaning it runs close to full but still has a small number of spare places. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 22.7%, which is notably above the national average for primary schools and suggests a catchment with above-average levels of economic disadvantage. Despite this, demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 145 applications for 60 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.42. Of those, 65 families put Ulverley as their first preference, and 58 of those were offered a place. That first-preference success rate of around 89% indicates that while the school is popular, it is not impossible to get into if you live nearby. The school also offers nursery provision for children from age two, which may help families secure a place early.

Academically, Ulverley’s most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2024 rated it Good overall, with leadership and management also judged Good. This is a clear improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2012, when it was rated Requires Improvement, and the school has held a Good rating across both its most recent ungraded and graded inspections. At Key Stage 2, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Solihull local authority average of 67%. The school ranks 32nd out of 42 primary schools in Solihull on this measure, placing it in the bottom half of the LA. However, individual subject scores are more mixed: the average reading score was 106 and maths 105, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. The proportion reaching the higher standard in reading was 37%, and in maths 28%, but writing at the higher standard was just 8%, and the combined higher standard was only 7%.

The school’s facilities include a dining hall, music rooms, an outdoor playground, a library and a chapel. Sports on offer are netball, football, tennis, cross country and cricket, and clubs range from art and coding to gardening, film club, science and chess. For families with children who have additional needs, Ulverley lists a broad range of SEND provisions, including support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is oversubscribed but not prohibitively so, and its relatively high FSM intake suggests it serves a genuinely mixed community. It will suit families who value a Good-rated school with strong pastoral and SEND support, and who are realistic about academic outcomes being slightly below the local average but with solid individual subject scores.

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