St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' for its overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision, while personal development is rated as 'Outstanding'. The school creates a welcoming environment where pupils feel a strong sense of belonging, and the provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is particularly noteworthy. The school emphasizes a broad and ambitious curriculum, fostering a love of learning and enabling all pupils, including disadvantaged and SEND students, to achieve well.

Strengths

• Strong sense of belonging among pupils
• High expectations set by leaders
• Effective management of behaviour
• Exceptional provision for pupils with SEND
• High-quality support for early reading
• Strong emphasis on character development
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum includes too much content in some subjects, limiting depth of learning
• Some pupils struggle to explain mathematical reasoning

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 John the Baptist Catholic Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.2% 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, 3.0% of pupils at St John the Baptist 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 John the Baptist Catholic Primary School had 19.8 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, 16.0% of pupils at St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 John the Baptist Catholic Primary School received £7,848 and spent £8,134 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £154,000 (£774 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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All schools in Birmingham · Solihull local authority: places and applications

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School is part of Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• John Henry Newman Catholic College Birmingham
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Birmingham
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School Birmingham
• St Andrew's Catholic Primary School Solihull
• Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School Solihull
• St Peter's Catholic School Solihull

What is St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School have?

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School has 200 pupils on roll.

What age range does St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School cover?

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School?

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School is at Arran Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0QE.