Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Community school in Solihull, B90 1NA, taking ages 3 to 11, 453 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.82 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Solihull school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1.82 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025.
Dickens Heath Community Primary School: 1.82 miles, 2025 Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James: 0.28 miles, published by Solihull
Draw the circle for a published year
3 years published by Solihull, newest first. The figure at the top of this page is the newest of them.
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Dickens Heath Community Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Solihull, published admission distances
Where Dickens Heath Community Primary School and Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James admitted from 0.28 miles in the latest published year, published by Solihull. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.82 and 0.28 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Dickens Heath Community Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidbury Green School Both in reach | Primary | 3.6 mi | 0.7 mi |
| Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.86 mi | 1.0 mi |
| Burman Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 1.0 mi | 1.2 mi |
| Mill Lodge Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.59 mi | 1.3 mi |
| St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.93 mi | 1.4 mi |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James Both in reach | Primary | 0.28 mi | 1.4 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 453 pupils in 470 places (96% full) |
| Local authority | Solihull |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, May 2026: 6 areas strong or exceptional, 1 at the expected standard |
| Report card |
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| Meeting the expected standard | 74.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74.0% |
| 2023/24 | 66.0% |
| 2022/23 | 74.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Dickens Heath Community Primary School
| Girls and boys | 49.9% girls, 50.1% boys |
| English as an additional language | 15.9% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 13.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Cheapest district inside the 1.82 miles: B47, median £345,000. Dearest: B90, £380,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| B47 | Bromsgrove | 1.7 mi | £345,000 86 sales |
| B90 | Solihull | 0.9 mi | £380,000 194 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.82 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Dickens Heath Community Primary School by bus
Best-served stop: Boundary Lane, 0.1 mi away, with 0.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:38, last 19:25.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Lane | 0.1 mi | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 664 |
| Calcutt Way | 0.1 mi | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 664 |
| Tythe Barn Lane | 0.2 mi | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 664 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Dickens Heath Community Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around B90: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at B90 1NA, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Dickens Heath Community Primary School?
Dickens Heath Community Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 1.82 miles away, per Solihull.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Dickens Heath Community Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.82 miles was enough in the latest published year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Dickens Heath Community Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Solihull school's distance
All Solihull schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
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Admission distance published by Solihull. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.