Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School
Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School is a sponsored academy in Solihull for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 122 pupils and room for 240. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Stockwell Rise, Solihull, B92 9LX0121 705 8652damson-wood.co.ukMr Kieran Prescott head of schoolAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
89 places were empty (49% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 39% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Solihull council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (9), language and communications needs (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 122 | 135 | 174 | 190 | 194 | 169 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 27% | 23% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 34% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 19% | 12% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 9.1% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.0% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 28.0% | 18.5% | 21.1% | 19.5% | 12.7% | 14.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 6.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 4.1 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppice Academy | Academy | 380 m | 166 | Good 2023 | 30 | Compare |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree | Academy | 920 m | 256 | Good 2024 | 82 | Compare |
| Greswold Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 680 | Good 2023 | 69 | Compare |
| Ulverley School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 450 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Valley Primary | Academy | 1.2 miles | 581 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| St Andrew's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 221 | Good 2024 | 71 | Compare |
| St Alphege Church of England Infant and Nursery School | Church of England | 1.4 miles | 152 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| Oak Cottage Primary School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 239 | Outstanding 2019 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School yet.
How many pupils does Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School have?
122 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 51% full.
Is Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 89 places were empty in 2024/25 (49% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School?
Pupils were in school 90.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 28% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School?
The average class had 23.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Stockwell Rise, Solihull, B92 9LX
- Telephone
- 0121 705 8652
- Website
- www.damson-wood.co.uk
- Head of School
- Mr Kieran Prescott
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Central Schools Trust (2 schools)
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Ward
- Elmdon
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 August 2016 (new provision)
- URN
- 143051 · LAESTAB 3342003 · UKPRN 10057465
- Formerly
- Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.