St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

St Patrick and St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School is performing well, maintaining its good standing since the last inspection. The school has recently undergone significant changes, merging two separate schools into one, which has fostered a renewed enthusiasm and clear expectations for all pupils. The curriculum is well-planned and pupils are achieving positively in subjects like mathematics and reading. The positive school culture is complemented by strong relationships between staff, pupils, and parents, creating a secure and supportive learning environment. However, there are areas that require attention, particularly within the writing curriculum and the early years education. Some pupils do not receive the necessary support in writing to maximize their potential, and certain changes in the early years have not yet effectively improved outcomes. Overall, the school displays ambition and a commitment to improving all aspects of educational provision while ensuring pupils are well-prepared for their next stages of learning.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff, pupils, and families.
• Well-planned and enjoyable mathematics curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Positive behavior and respectful attitudes among pupils.
• Successful transition support for new pupils in Nursery.
• Prioritization of reading with a well-matched phonics scheme.

Areas for Improvement

• Underdeveloped writing curriculum affecting some pupils' achievements.
• Limited monitoring and development among some subject leaders.
• Some early years children not sufficiently prepared for key stage 1.

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 Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at St Patrick and St Edmund's 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 St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 24.0% of pupils at St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School received £10,374 and spent £10,936 for each of its 292 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £879,000 (-£3,009 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 Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School have?

St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School has 296 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School?

St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School is at Dudley Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 7QW.