St Benedict's Primary School

St Benedict's Primary School has demonstrated good overall performance across multiple domains including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school creates a safe and nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and supported. With a strong focus on an ambitious curriculum, leaders ensure that all students, including those with special educational needs and those new to English, receive quality education that caters to their needs. However, the school has identified some gaps in teachers' subject knowledge in key stage 2, which can hinder the full implementation of the curriculum in a few subjects, impacting older pupils' learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a supportive learning environment.
• High expectations for pupil behaviour lead to consistent good conduct.
• Leaders have planned an ambitious and broad curriculum.
• Effective reading instruction helps most pupils read fluently and with comprehension.
• Pupils develop leadership skills through various responsibilities and clubs.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in teachers' subject knowledge in some key stage 2 subjects.
• Limited scope of the extra-curricular programme, mainly focused on sport.
• Weaker parent engagement in supporting children's learning post-pandemic.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Benedict's Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Benedict's Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Benedict's Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.6% of pupils at St Benedict's Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 21 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Benedict's Primary School received £10,362 and spent £9,463 for each of its 306 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £520,000 (£1,700 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Benedict's Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Benedict's Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was St Benedict's Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Benedict's Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does St Benedict's Primary School have?

St Benedict's Primary School has 306 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Benedict's Primary School cover?

St Benedict's Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Benedict's Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Benedict's Primary School?

St Benedict's Primary School is at St Benedict's Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 9DP.