Academy converter · Birmingham

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School

3–11Ages
265Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
148083URN

Shawsdale Road, Birmingham, B36 8LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.7 below Birmingham median (2.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Birmingham

49 applications for 24 places · 225th of 262 in Birmingham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

34%met the expected standard

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Birmingham median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

49 applications · 24 places offered · 21 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.0; Birmingham median median 2.7
2025 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2024 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2023 2.4; Birmingham median median 2.7
2022 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.7
2021 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2020 1.9; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2019 2.2; Birmingham median median 2.8; as the previous school
2018 2.0; Birmingham median median 2.7; as the previous school
2017 1.5; Birmingham median median 2.5; as the previous school
2016 1.3; Birmingham median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 1.3; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Birmingham median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 of 5 years.

This school
Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School (URN 103451), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	49	2.0	21	0.88
Sep 2025	26	62	2.4	25	0.96
Sep 2024	28	66	2.4	26	0.93
Sep 2023	27	64	2.4	25	0.93
Sep 2022	35	66	1.9	35	1.00
Sep 2021 *	32	70	2.2	31	0.97
Sep 2020 *	41	77	1.9	32	0.78
Sep 2019 *	38	82	2.2	38	1.00
Sep 2018 *	36	73	2.0	33	0.92
Sep 2017 *	41	60	1.5	37	0.90
Sep 2016 *	58	73	1.3	41	0.71
Sep 2015 *	48	63	1.3	39	0.81
Sep 2014 *	48	73	1.5	45	0.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 66% · Maths 48% → all three 34% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard34%252nd of 257 in Birmingham

Birmingham 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard64%

Birmingham 78% England 78%

Higher standard18%

Birmingham 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Birmingham 74% England 75%

Greater depth5%

Birmingham 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard48%

Birmingham 77% England 77%

Higher standard9%

Birmingham 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Birmingham median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	34%	5%	102	99
2023/24	41%	0%	104	101
2022/23	37%	0%	102	100

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

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.0applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
Firs Primary School
0.2 km · Birmingham

2026

2.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Heathlands Primary Academy
0.6 km · Birmingham

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Tame Valley Academy
1.0 km · Birmingham

Remains Good2024

2.4applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School
1.1 km · Solihull

Good2024

3.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Hodge Hill Primary School
1.1 km · Birmingham

Good2023

3.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Chivenor Primary School
1.3 km · Birmingham

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Colebourne Primary School
1.4 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2024

2.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Brownmead Primary Academy
1.5 km · Birmingham

Standards maintained2025

3.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard

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Expected standard
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Urgent improvement
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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: 148083 · 330/3359
Trust: Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 420 pupils · 265 on roll
Free school meals: 51.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2021
Replaced: St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School (URN 103451)
Address: Shawsdale Road, Birmingham, B36 8LY
Local authority: Birmingham

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