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Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Solihull

Stockwell Rise, Solihull, B92 9LX

Website 01217058652

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

90.9%

28.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

122

Capacity used

Has space

51%

240 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

24 of 24 families who put it first got an offer

26

Places offered

52

Total applications

2.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference2424● 100%
2nd preference130● 0%
3rd preference80● 0%
Later preferences (4th–5th)70● 0%
Total522446%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
96%
2021
97%
2022
100%
2023
90%
2024
100%
2025

Solihull lets families list 5 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Kieran Prescott
Address
Stockwell Rise, Solihull, B92 9LX
Phone
01217058652
Local authority
Solihull
Ward / constituency
Elmdon · Meriden and Solihull East
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
143051

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals28%——
English as additional language28%——
SEN support10%——
48% boys (59)52% girls (63)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: CENTRAL SCHOOLS TRUST

122 pupils · 240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    22 January 2025

    Ungraded inspection

    Standards maintained
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 75 pupils

Attendance

90.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

9.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

28.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

5.3%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

13%
20/21
20%
21/22
21%
22/23
18%
23/24
28%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Solihull council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.