Academy converter · Primary
Birmingham · B37 5DP · Solihull
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 149492
Fordbridge Community Primary School
Academy converter · Birmingham · B37 5BU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
522
Local authority
Solihull
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Birmingham, Solihull, 522 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 59.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 149492
Location
- Address
- Crabtree Drive, Chelmsley Wood
- Postcode
- B37 5BU
- Town
- Birmingham
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Solihull
- District
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 522
- Boys / girls
- 268 / 254
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 522 / 600 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 59.6%
- FSM pupils
- 294
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- PROSPER TOGETHER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Harriett Simcox
- Telephone
- 01217798040
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-01-06
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 53%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0