Christ The King Catholic Primary School

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is a close-knit, caring school where pupils behave exceptionally well and achieve high standards. Inspectors found outstanding quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, while early years provision was good. The school places disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND at the heart of its ambition, and pupils are exceptionally well prepared for their next stages of education. The school benefits from highly effective leaders, a well-sequenced curriculum, strong teaching and a rich wider development programme. Pupils enjoy a broad range of visits, clubs and experiences, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it had previously been exempt from routine inspection after being judged outstanding in 2014. The main area for improvement is in early years, where the intended learning outcomes for some continuous provision activities are not always clear. As a result, some children gain little new knowledge from these activities and may miss opportunities to develop important skills.

Strengths

• Pupils behave exceptionally well and show kindness and mutual respect
• Pupils have highly positive attitudes to learning and enjoy attending school
• Pupils achieve high standards in English and mathematics by the end of key stage 2
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are at the forefront of the school’s ambition and make exceptional progress
• The curriculum is well sequenced and builds pupils’ knowledge and vocabulary step by step
• Teachers present information clearly, question carefully and address misconceptions promptly
• Children get off to a strong start in early years with warm relationships and expert phonics teaching
• Pupils who need help with reading receive effective support and catch up quickly
• The personal development programme is exceptional and promotes confidence, resilience, health and diversity
• Leaders care about staff well-being and support their professional development
• Governors have secure oversight and provide effective challenge and support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Intended learning outcomes for some early years continuous provision activities are not always clear
• Some children gain little new knowledge from these activities and may miss opportunities to develop important skills

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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School received £7,570 and spent £7,355 for each of its 385 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £33,000 (-£87 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 Christ The King Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ The King Catholic Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Christ The King Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Christ The King Catholic Primary School have?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School has 392 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ The King Catholic Primary School cover?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christ The King Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ The King Catholic Primary School?

Christ The King Catholic Primary School is at Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 0QN.