St Peter's Catholic Primary School

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is performing strongly overall. Inspectors found that pupils achieve well and attain above national averages in phonics, reading, writing and mathematics, with disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities also achieving strongly. Attendance is high, behaviour is excellent, and the school provides a calm, nurturing and inclusive environment. Early years is a particular strength, with children settling quickly and developing early reading and language skills effectively. Safeguarding standards are met. The school's inclusive ethos and personal development offer are notable strengths: pupils take on meaningful leadership roles, feel safe, and contribute to a close-knit community. Governance and trust oversight are capable, and staff feel well supported. Curriculum and teaching are generally well sequenced and effective, but provision is not yet consistently strong across all classes. The main area for improvement is teaching consistency, particularly in assessment and questioning. Leaders are already providing support and training, but they should ensure teachers have sufficient expertise to secure consistently high outcomes across all subjects. The school is part of the Lumen Christi Catholic multi-academy trust and serves a community with above-average deprivation and free school meal eligibility.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve above national averages in phonics, reading, writing and mathematics over several years.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve well and are fully included.
• Early years provision is strong, with children settling quickly and developing early reading and language skills.
• Phonics and reading are taught effectively, and pupils develop confidence and enthusiasm as readers.
• Attendance is above the national average for all groups.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and the school is calm, polite and nurturing.
• The school is highly inclusive and identifies and supports additional needs promptly.
• Personal development and wellbeing are prioritised, with pupils taking meaningful leadership roles.
• Pupils feel safe and safeguarding standards are met.
• Governors and the trust provide capable support and challenge.
• Staff workload and wellbeing are carefully considered, with high-quality professional learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching is occasionally inconsistent, so pupils do not always learn as well as they could.
• Questioning is sometimes not used effectively enough to deepen pupils' learning.
• Leaders should ensure teachers have sufficient expertise in assessment and questioning across all subjects.

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 Peter's Catholic Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.7% 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, 0.5% of pupils at St Peter'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 Peter's Catholic Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 12.4% of pupils at St Peter's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Peter's Catholic Primary School received £7,743 and spent £7,489 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £321,000 (£1,529 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 Peter's Catholic Primary School is part of Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

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

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Catholic Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

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

St Peter's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's Catholic Primary School?

St Peter's Catholic Primary School is at Adams Hill, Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3QD.