Chelmsley Wood school celebrates league table success

A CHELMSLEY Wood school was recently rated as the best state-run primary in the whole of Solihull in a recent league table.
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School was ranked top in the borough in the Birmingham Mail’s Real Schools Guide, published last month.
The annual rankings aim to offer a more rounded assessment of schools than the traditional league tables – which are derived purely from Year 6 SATS results.
By contrast, the Real Schools Guide also takes teaching standards, pupil progress and attendance rates into consideration when determining where a school should be placed.
Other North Solihull schools to feature in Solihull’s “Top 10” were Marston Green Juniors (sixth) and Smith’s Wood Primary Academy (ninth).
St Anne’s rating was actually sufficient to put it in eighth place in the entire West Midlands region.
In a recent newsletter, the school said: “This is a great achievement for our school community.
“We are fortunate at St Anne’s to have excellent staff who do their very best for every child every day.”
The news comes following comments by Councillor Ian Courts last year. He cited rising educational standards in the north of the borough as a sign of success in the ongoing battle to reduce inequality in Solihull.