St Francis Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B19 1PH
Composite score
39.1
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#11,205
National rank
#1220
In West Midlands
#226
In Birmingham
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
1%

Every child who put St Francis 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
354
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
59.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
43.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

St Francis Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, St Francis 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 354 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. Results have held broadly steady 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Francis Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 59% 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. St Francis Catholic Primary School 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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