St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Birmingham·B14 7LP
Composite score
62.0
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#3,402
National rank
#311
In West Midlands
#59
In Birmingham
Top 23%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
1.0020220.8720230.9120240.9520250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
312
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,610
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 312 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 23% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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