St Brigid's Catholic Primary School

St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School is performing well and is regarded as a good school overall. The school fosters a caring environment where staff value each pupil as an individual, which is reflected in the positive relationships and respectful behavior observed among students. The curriculum is well-designed, emphasizing knowledge acquisition and cultural learning, contributing to the academic and social potential of each pupil. However, there are identified areas for improvement, particularly in the consistency of teachers using assessment strategies effectively to gauge student understanding and the need for leaders to leverage available data to more efficiently address issues regarding attendance and behavior.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on pupils' personal development and well-being.
• Effective phonics program that helps most pupils become fluent readers by Year 1.
• Pupils engage positively and participate in various community roles and activities.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment strategies by teachers.
• Leaders do not analyze pupil behavior and development data effectively to identify and address emerging issues.

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 Brigid's Catholic Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% 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 St Brigid'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 Brigid's Catholic Primary School had 28.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.8% 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, 19.6% of pupils at St Brigid's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Brigid's Catholic Primary School received £6,945 and spent £6,688 for each of its 429 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £347,000 (£809 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company, income was £7,611 and spending £7,497 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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St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is part of Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Birmingham
• St Columba's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St James Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Paul's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Birmingham

What is St Brigid's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

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

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

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

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School has 449 pupils on roll.

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

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

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Brigid's Catholic Primary School?

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is at Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 5AB.