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St Paul's Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 169Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 141830URN

Sisefield Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 9JB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

44 applications for 20 places · 204th of 262 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 27 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 16 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Birmingham median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

44 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.7; Birmingham median median 2.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.6; Birmingham median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.6; Birmingham median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Birmingham median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.7; Birmingham median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.6; Birmingham median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.4; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as St Paul's Catholic Primary School (URN 103457), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202620442.2201.00
Sep 202520422.1170.85
Sep 202417462.7160.94
Sep 202312231.9110.92
Sep 20227253.671.00
Sep 202117442.6160.94
Sep 202020331.7190.95
Sep 201921452.1180.86
Sep 201822381.7190.86
Sep 201730561.9331.10
Sep 201630481.6311.03
Sep 2015 *30431.4240.80
Sep 2014 *30411.4301.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 77% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%131st of 257 in Birmingham
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard77%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%15%106106
2023/2467%7%107104
2022/2361%0%102104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141830 · 330/3366
Trust
Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 169 on roll
Free school meals
65.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2015
Replaced
St Paul's Catholic Primary School (URN 103457)
Address
Sisefield Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 9JB
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources