Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a good school across all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The inspection was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and was a graded inspection, although schools inspected from September 2024 are not given an overall effectiveness grade. The school serves a diverse community, including many pupils who speak English as an additional language and join part way through the year; language and communication are central to its ambitious curriculum. Pupils are described as safe, valued and well behaved, with warm relationships with staff and a calm, orderly environment. The school promotes a love of reading, identifies pupils who struggle early, and provides targeted support so they catch up. Pupils with SEND are generally well supported and have the same opportunities as their peers, while a wide range of clubs, trips and leadership roles help pupils develop confidence and contribute to school life. Leaders have a clear vision, governance is effective, parents are positive, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is SEND training and expertise. The report says not all staff have the expertise and training needed to meet all pupils’ SEND needs, so some pupils do not consistently receive precise support. The school should continue developing staff training to strengthen SEND provision further.

Strengths

• Nurturing and inclusive culture where every child is welcomed and feels safe
• Ambitious, well-organised curriculum with language and communication at its heart
• Strong promotion of reading with early identification and targeted support for pupils who struggle
• Calm and orderly environment with pupils who behave well and care for each other
• SEND support is managed well, giving pupils the same opportunities as their peers
• Wide range of clubs, trips and leadership opportunities that build confidence and interests
• Effective pastoral support and strong positive relationships with parents
• Clear leadership vision, effective governance and supportive staff culture
• Attendance is improving year-on-year, with effective work with families
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Not all staff have the expertise and training to meet all pupils’ SEND needs, so some pupils do not consistently receive precise support

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Holy Family Catholic 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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.0% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School received £8,523 and spent £8,337 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£320 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 Holy Family Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holy Family Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Holy Family Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Holy Family Catholic Primary School have?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holy Family Catholic Primary School cover?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Holy Family Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holy Family Catholic Primary School?

Holy Family Catholic Primary School is at Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0HT.