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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Solihull property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Schools across Solihull, Knowle and Dorridge are among the most sought-after in the West Midlands and pull substantial property premiums.
Free interactive map — enter any Solihull or B-postcode and see exactly which school catchment areas it falls within.
Unlike most English councils, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council publishes an official map polygon for every primary and secondary school in the borough. If your address sits inside the polygon you have catchment priority; if it's outside the line, you don't — regardless of how close you live to the school. Our tool reads the same official boundary data Solihull Council publishes, so the catchment you see here is the one the council uses.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council allocates places to oversubscribed community and voluntary-controlled schools using defined geographic catchment areas. Each school has a published polygon on the council's school catchment map; addresses inside the polygon are given catchment priority in the oversubscription criteria.
This makes Solihull one of a small group of English councils — alongside Sheffield and most Scottish authorities — that operate on a boundary basis rather than the more common straight-line distance system. Solihull also contains academies and voluntary-aided faith schools that publish their own admissions criteria; always cross-check the specific school's published policy alongside this tool.
Solihull has the following main state secondary schools with published catchment polygons:
Plus 59 primary school catchment polygons spanning Solihull, Knowle, Dorridge, Shirley, Olton, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Marston Green, Hampton-in-Arden, Balsall Common and the surrounding villages.
Solihull Council publishes its catchment maps via the council's Online Maps portal. Our free checker reads the same open boundary data directly, so the catchment you see in our tool is identical to the council's published polygon.
Click "Open Free Tool" above. No registration needed. Works in any browser on desktop or mobile.
Type any Solihull or B-postcode into the postcode-check box. The tool will geocode your address and drop a pin on the map.
The tool runs a point-in-polygon check against every Solihull primary and secondary catchment and shows you the official boundaries for nearby schools on the map. Any catchment that contains your address is flagged with a 🏛️ "Official catchment boundary" badge.
Catchment priority is one criterion among several. Always read each school's full oversubscription criteria before relying on catchment status — especially for faith schools and academies.
Our tool works for schools across Solihull and surrounding areas:
We read Solihull Council's open catchment data directly. The polygons in our tool are the same shapes the council uses for admissions — not approximations.
Enter your postcode and we run a point-in-polygon check against every Solihull catchment boundary. You'll see clearly whether your address is inside any school's official zone.
59 primary catchments and 18 secondary catchments — covering every state primary and secondary school in the borough that publishes a boundary.
Generate a shareable link for your estate agent or solicitor before exchange so they can see the same catchment data you do.
Solihull uses defined boundary catchments, not distance. The council publishes an official polygon for every primary and secondary school. If your home is inside the polygon you have catchment priority; if it's outside, you don't — regardless of how close you live.
Use the postcode checker on our free homepage tool. Enter your postcode and we run a point-in-polygon check against all 77 Solihull catchment boundaries, returning every school whose catchment contains your address.
The main state secondary schools with published Solihull catchment polygons are: Arden Academy (Knowle), Tudor Grange Academy Solihull, Alderbrook, Light Hall (Shirley), Langley Academy, Lyndon, Lode Heath, Park Hall Academy (Castle Bromwich), Smith's Wood Academy, Grace Academy (Chelmsley Wood) and Heart of England School (Balsall Common).
No. Catchment is one criterion in the oversubscription policy — looked-after children, EHC-plan holders, siblings and (for faith schools) faith status normally rank above catchment. Inside the boundary you have priority, but in a year of heavy demand even some in-catchment children can miss out. Always nominate more than one school.
Solihull Council publishes it via the council's Online Maps portal. Our free checker reads the same open boundary data, so the polygons match the council's exactly.
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