St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Wolverhampton·WV3 7LE
Composite score
70.4
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#1,718
National rank
#139
In West Midlands
#11
In Wolverhampton
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9020220.9420230.8520240.9320250.962026

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

Every child who put St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery 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
220
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,482
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery

St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Wolverhampton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 220 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 28.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 22 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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