Mill Lodge Primary School

Solihull · B90 1BT

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 235 pupils, 27% FSM

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Mill Lodge Primary School

General Information

Address: Aqueduct Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 1BT – View on map
Phone: 01214303010
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Challender
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 83% of them were offered a place. 8 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 15 · 2025 13 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

235 pupils out of 210 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 57
% eligible for free school meals: 27.0%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Solihull average)
English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 10.5% a year (Solihull 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Solihull: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Solihull, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for AutismSevere learning difficulties 12 places · 8 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Solihull average (69%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 59% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 59%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 66% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSolihull averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 13 percentage points below the Solihull average (69%).

Year 6 SATs: 42nd of 45 junior and primary schools in the area

=40Meriden Church of England Primary School57%
=40St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School57%
#42Mill Lodge Primary School56%
#43Kingshurst Primary School55%
#44Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James50%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School86%
=1St Alphege Church of England Junior School86%
#3St Augustine's Catholic Primary School84%
#4Monkspath Junior and Infant School83%
#5Smith's Wood Primary Academy82%
=6Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree80%
=6Widney Junior School80%
#8Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School79%
#9Dorridge Primary School78%
=10Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School77%
=10St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy77%
=12Balsall Common Primary School76%
=12St Anne's Catholic Primary School76%
=14Dickens Heath Community Primary School74%
=14Fordbridge Community Primary School74%
=16George Fentham Endowed School73%
=16Knowle Church of England Primary Academy73%
=16St Andrew's Catholic Primary School73%
=16St Anthony's Catholic Primary School73%
=16St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School73%
=21Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School70%
=21St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School70%
=23Olton Primary School68%
=23Sharmans Cross Junior School68%
=23Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley68%
=26Cheswick Green Primary School67%
=26Greswold Primary School67%
=26Tidbury Green School67%
#29Windy Arbor Primary School66%
#30Shirley Heath Junior School64%
=31Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School63%
=31Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath63%
#33Castle Bromwich Junior School62%
#34Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School61%
=35Coppice Academy60%
=35St Margaret's Church of England Primary School60%
#37Kineton Green Primary School59%
=38Marston Green Junior School58%
=38Ulverley School58%
=40Meriden Church of England Primary School57%
=40St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School57%
#42Mill Lodge Primary School56%
#43Kingshurst Primary School55%
#44Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James50%
#45Yorkswood Primary School46%

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15th of 33 primary schools in Solihull for Ofsted rating

#13Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#14Meriden Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Mill Lodge Primary SchoolGood
#16Olton Primary SchoolGood
#17Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Oak Cottage Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Smith's Wood Primary AcademyOutstanding
#3Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St JamesOutstanding
#4Bentley Heath Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#6Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Cheswick Green Primary SchoolGood
#8Coleshill Heath SchoolGood
#9Dorridge Primary SchoolGood
#10Greswold Primary SchoolGood
#11Kineton Green Primary SchoolGood
#12Knowle Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#13Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#14Meriden Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#15Mill Lodge Primary SchoolGood
#16Olton Primary SchoolGood
#17Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#18Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#19St Andrew's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#20St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#21St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#22St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#23St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#24St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
#25St Patricks Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#26Tidbury Green SchoolGood
#27Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley HeathGood
#28Tudor Grange Primary Academy LangleyGood
#29Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew TreeGood
#30Ulverley SchoolGood
#31Valley PrimaryGood
#32Kingshurst Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#33Yorkswood Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,362 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

2nd of 42 primary schools in Solihull for spending per pupil

#1Yorkswood Primary School£9,224
#2Mill Lodge Primary School£8,362
#3Windy Arbor Primary School£7,975
#4St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School£7,829

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Yorkswood Primary School£9,224
#2Mill Lodge Primary School£8,362
#3Windy Arbor Primary School£7,975
#4St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School£7,829
#5Cheswick Green Primary School£7,766
#6Kineton Green Primary School£7,603
#7Fordbridge Community Primary School£7,592
#8Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School£7,528
#9Smith's Wood Primary Academy£7,523
#10Dickens Heath Community Primary School£7,488
#11Kingshurst Primary School£7,306
#12St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School£7,294
#13Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School£7,275
#14Meriden Church of England Primary School£7,159
#15Monkspath Junior and Infant School£6,979
#16St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School£6,924
#17Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree£6,847
#18Greswold Primary School£6,608
#19St Anthony's Catholic Primary School£6,594
#20Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,457
#21Dorridge Primary School£6,455
#22Tidbury Green School£6,448
#23Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James£6,445
#24George Fentham Endowed School£6,384
#25Balsall Common Primary School£6,292
#26Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School£6,118
#27St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy£6,060
#28St Anne's Catholic Primary School£5,960
#29Olton Primary School£5,941
#30Ulverley School£5,873
#31St Andrew's Catholic Primary School£5,819
#32St Augustine's Catholic Primary School£5,803
#33Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School£5,781
#34Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath£5,700
#35Knowle Church of England Primary Academy£5,692
#36Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley£5,672
#37St Margaret's Church of England Primary School£5,482
#38Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School£5,403
#39Peterbrook Primary School£4,418
#40Valley Primary£4,299
#41Coleshill Heath School£3,126
#42Oak Cottage Primary School£2,533

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