St Brigid's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B31 5AB
Composite score
56.8
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#4,906
National rank
#472
In West Midlands
#88
In Birmingham
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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%
46 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 49 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0020230.9420240.8620250.942026

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

Every child who put St Brigid'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
446
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,499
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Brigid's Catholic Primary School

St Brigid's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 446 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 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 Brigid's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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