St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Staffordshire·ST17 4BT
Composite score
61.6
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#3,503
National rank
#319
In West Midlands
#60
In Staffordshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.0020231.0020241.0020250.902026

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

Every child who put St Austin's Catholic Primary School 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
198
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,414
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Staffordshire, St Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 198 pupils aged 3 to 11. 75% 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 risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% 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 Austin's Catholic Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. St Austin's Catholic Primary School 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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