St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

About St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

St Anthony's Catholic Primary School sits within the Solihull local authority, a borough with 59 primary schools where it currently ranks 15th overall. Among its local peers, the top performers are St Alphege Church of England Junior School, Monkspath Junior and Infant School, and Knowle Church of England Primary Academy, all scoring slightly higher on the ranking metric. The school is one of only five primaries in Solihull rated Outstanding by Ofsted, though St Anthony's itself holds a Good rating overall from its most recent inspection in 2022. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is St Anne's Catholic Primary School, just 1.2 kilometres away. With 254 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is clearly popular and oversubscribed, receiving 67 total applications for 30 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 29 of those going to first-preference families. This suggests a strong local reputation, particularly among Catholic families in the area.

Academically, St Anthony's performs well above the Solihull local authority average. At Key Stage 2, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 67%. The school's ranking score of 72 places it in the top 50 nationally for this metric, and 14th out of 42 primaries in Solihull. In individual subjects, reading and maths both saw strong results: 86% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, with 24% achieving the higher standard, while in maths 83% met expectations and 38% reached the higher level. Writing was slightly lower at 76% expected and 10% higher. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 106 in maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022 awarded Outstanding grades for early years provision, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management, with only quality of education rated Good. This represents a clear improvement from the previous 2015 inspection, where early years provision was rated Requires Improvement.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, outdoor playground, playing fields, forest school, ICT suite, art studios, sports hall, dining hall and chapel. Sports provision covers cricket, athletics, gymnastics and netball, while extracurricular clubs include coding, book club, chess, film club and choir. For families with children who have additional needs, the school supports seven categories of special educational needs and disabilities, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. With nursery provision available for children from age two, it suits families looking for continuity from early years through to Year 6. The oversubscription ratio of 2.23 means that applying as a first preference is important, particularly for Catholic families who may have priority under the school's admissions criteria.

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