St Clare's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B20 3RT
Composite score
37.7
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#11,629
National rank
#1262
In West Midlands
#235
In Birmingham
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
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%
12 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
2%

Every child who put St Clare'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
220
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
72.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
56.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

St Clare's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Birmingham, St Clare'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 220 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 23.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Clare's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 13 Reception places. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 72% 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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