Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is a highly inclusive school where pupils are happy, safe and well cared for. The school serves a disadvantaged community and many pupils enter with low starting points, yet they make rapid progress. By the end of key stage 2, pupils achieve highly in reading, writing and mathematics, with disadvantaged pupils performing far better than their peers nationally. The school's provision for pupils with SEND is a particular strength, with the 'Nest' provision providing highly effective early support. Behaviour is excellent, attendance is improving, and pupils benefit from a wide range of personal development opportunities. Leaders are passionate, knowledgeable about their community, and have built strong relationships with families. The main area for development is the wider curriculum. While pupils develop detailed knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics, their knowledge in other subjects is less secure. This is because task design sometimes does not provide enough opportunity for pupils to extend their thinking or use taught vocabulary. Early years children would also benefit from more interactions across the school day to practise vocabulary and sentence structures. Additionally, while attendance has improved and is now broadly in line with national averages, leaders should continue their work to secure consistently high attendance for all pupils. Overall, this is a school that fulfils the expected standard across all areas, with inclusion rated as a strong standard. Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement, and their actions are resulting in positive impact. The school is well placed to continue improving.

Strengths

• Inclusion is at the heart of the school's offer, with early identification of barriers and highly effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils make rapid progress from low starting points and achieve highly in national examinations at the end of key stage 2.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve far better than their peers nationally in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Behaviour is excellent, with a calm and orderly environment and warm, mutually respectful relationships.
• Attendance is improving and is now broadly in line with national averages, with disadvantaged pupils attending well.
• Leaders are passionate about the community and have a deep understanding of the school's context.
• Governors understand their statutory duties and provide effective support and challenge.
• Staff workload and wellbeing are considered, and early career teachers receive effective support and mentorship.
• The personal development programme is carefully designed to meet the needs of the school's context.
• Pupils are reflective, well-mannered and considerate, with the school's values deeply embedded.
• The 'Nest' provision provides highly effective support to younger pupils, removing barriers and enhancing their school experience.
• Phonics is taught effectively and reading is prioritised.

Areas for Improvement

• In wider curriculum subjects, pupils' knowledge is less secure.
• Task design sometimes does not provide pupils with enough opportunity to extend their thinking and to use the taught vocabulary.
• Early years children would benefit from more interactions across the school day to practise using taught vocabulary and sentence structures.
• Leaders should continue their work to secure consistently high attendance for all pupils.

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 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% 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, 16.4% of pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School received £8,255 and spent £7,771 for each of its 385 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,349,000 (£3,504 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 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School have?

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School has 385 pupils on roll.

What age range does Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School cover?

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School?

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is at Lyttelton Road, Stechford, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 8BL.