Our Lady's Catholic Primary School

About Our Lady's Catholic Primary School

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School in Birmingham was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school's most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 53% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school below the Birmingham local authority average of 63%, and ranks it 201st out of 254 primary schools in the area, putting it in the bottom half nationally. However, the school's progress scores are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The early years provision was also rated Good, and the school has held a Good overall effectiveness rating across both its 2016 graded inspection and its most recent ungraded inspection in 2024, which confirmed the school remains Good.

Looking more closely at the individual subject results, reading appears to be a relative strength, with 63% of pupils reaching the expected standard and an average scaled score of 102. Writing follows closely at 73% expected, while maths lags behind at 57% expected with an average score of 100. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects is just 3%, and in maths and reading individually it is 13% each. The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage, with 49% of pupils eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average. The school's ranking score of 53 out of 100 reflects these challenges, and the data suggests that while the school is performing adequately, it is not yet matching the outcomes of the strongest local primaries like Little Sutton Primary School or Cromwell Junior and Infant School.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 92 applications for 28 places and 25 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.29. Facilities include a gymnasium, sports hall, ICT suite, art studios and a chapel, and the school offers a range of sports including swimming, athletics, netball and dance, plus clubs such as drama, science club, choir and chess. The school provides support for a wide range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a small school with 202 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it will particularly suit Catholic families in Birmingham who value a faith-based education and a school that has improved its Ofsted rating, though parents should be aware that academic outcomes are currently below the local average.

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