St Osburg's Catholic Primary School

St Osburg’s Catholic Primary School is a nurturing and welcoming primary school where pupils flourish, behave exceptionally well and speak highly of the community. Inspectors found a broad and ambitious curriculum with reading at its heart, strong early years provision, effective support for pupils with SEND, and high attendance. Pupils benefit from an unusually rich personal development programme, including the ‘St Osburg’s Promise’, and are well prepared for future life. Leadership is a notable strength: the headteacher is well supported by governors, staff feel positive about workload and well-being, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school has maintained good standards since its previous inspection, and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. The main area for improvement is that staff do not consistently address pupils’ misconceptions quickly enough, so some pupils repeat errors and develop gaps in knowledge. Otherwise, the school’s provision and outcomes are strong across behaviour, personal development and leadership, with good quality of education and early years provision.

Strengths

• Distinctive nurturing ethos with kind and welcoming atmosphere
• Pupils’ conduct around school is exemplary
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with clearly identified key knowledge
• Reading is central to the curriculum and pupils become fluent readers
• Pupils with SEND are identified well and supported effectively
• High attendance is promoted relentlessly
• Exceptional range of personal development opportunities through St Osburg’s Promise
• Pupils embrace leadership responsibilities and understand moral responsibility
• Exemplary leadership with strong governor support
• Staff feel well supported with workload and well-being
• Early years provision engages children and prioritises vocabulary
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Staff do not always address pupils’ misconceptions consistently and promptly, so some pupils repeat errors and have gaps in knowledge

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 Osburg's Catholic Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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 Osburg'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 Osburg's Catholic Primary School had 22.8 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, 15.3% of pupils at St Osburg's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Osburg's Catholic Primary School received £7,485 and spent £7,539 for each of its 222 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £117,000 (£525 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 Osburg's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Osburg's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

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

St Osburg's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does St Osburg's Catholic Primary School have?

St Osburg's Catholic Primary School has 222 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Osburg's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Osburg's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Osburg's Catholic Primary School?

St Osburg's Catholic Primary School is at Upper Hill Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 4AP.