St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Junior and Infant School demonstrates a solid overall performance, rated as good across all key areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is the first inspection since the school became an academy in 2021, and the leadership has shown determination to improve attendance and learning outcomes. Despite past challenges, the newly established leadership team is effectively implementing a revised curriculum that is beginning to show positive results, especially in early reading and phonics, where many pupils are making good progress.

Strengths

• Caring and respectful school environment
• Diverse cultural background enriching learning
• Strong emphasis on pupils' safety and well-being
• Effective leadership improving school performance
• Successful initiatives for pupils with gaps in learning
• Positive engagement and support for families
• Strong focus on early reading and phonics
• High expectations of pupil behaviour

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent task suitability in some subjects
• Pacing issues in teaching affecting knowledge retention

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 Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.0% 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, 0.3% of pupils at St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant 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 Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% 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, 20.4% of pupils at St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School received £7,990 and spent £7,903 for each of its 297 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £217,000 (£732 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company, income was £7,082 and spending £7,376 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 Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School is part of Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Andrew's Catholic Primary School Solihull
• Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Solihull
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Solihull

What is St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School have?

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School has 265 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School cover?

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 34% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School?

St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School is at Shawsdale Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 8LY.