St Ambrose Catholic Primary

St Ambrose Catholic Primary is a supportive and friendly school where pupils are encouraged to be kind, respectful, and diligent in their work. The school demonstrates good overall effectiveness with strong leadership and a well-organized educational approach, particularly in teaching reading, which is a notable strength. However, challenges remain in the implementation of the mathematics curriculum, and there are some concerns regarding attendance, with a few pupils missing school too often without good reason. Leaders are aware of these issues and have plans to improve them.

Strengths

• Strong teaching and promotion of reading across all year groups.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• High levels of satisfaction reported by staff and parents.
• Calm and caring leadership that promotes well-being.
• A supportive school ethos that fosters respectful behavior and responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the mathematics curriculum.
• Some foundation subjects lack well-developed curriculum progression.
• Attendance issues among a few 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 St Ambrose Catholic Primary attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.2% 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, 2.5% of pupils at St Ambrose Catholic Primary 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 Ambrose Catholic Primary had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.4% 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, 15.0% of pupils at St Ambrose Catholic Primary 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 2024–25 St Ambrose Catholic Primary received £7,723 and spent £7,345 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £133,000 (£674 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company, income was £7,316 and spending £7,265 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Kidderminster · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

St Ambrose Catholic Primary is part of Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School Stourport-On-Severn
• Hagley Catholic High School Hagley
• St Joseph's RC Primary School Stourbridge
• St Mary's RC Primary School Brierley Hill
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Droitwich
• Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School Oldbury
• Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School Oldbury
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Worcester Worcester
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Smethwick

What is St Ambrose Catholic Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Ambrose Catholic Primary is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was St Ambrose Catholic Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

St Ambrose Catholic Primary was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does St Ambrose Catholic Primary have?

St Ambrose Catholic Primary has 207 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Ambrose Catholic Primary cover?

St Ambrose Catholic Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Ambrose Catholic Primary?

St Ambrose Catholic Primary is at Leswell Street, Saint Ambrose School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1RP.