St Chad's Catholic Primary School

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Composite score
46.4
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#8,648
National rank
#914
In West Midlands
#173
In Birmingham
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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%
27 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
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1 per place
0.9620221.4320231.0020240.9120250.962026

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

Every child who put St Chad'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
4–11
Pupils on roll
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
85.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
58.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,020
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Chad's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, St Chad's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 204 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Chad's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 85% 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. 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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