St Chad's Catholic Primary School
About St Chad's Catholic Primary School
St Chad's Catholic Primary School is a state primary in Birmingham, one of 292 similar schools across the local authority. It ranks 170th out of 254 primary schools in the LA, placing it in the bottom half of the local league table. The top-performing peers nearby include Little Sutton Primary School, Cromwell Junior and Infant School, and Lift Lea Forest, all of which score significantly higher on the same ranking metric. The school is a Roman Catholic mixed-gender primary for children aged 4 to 11, led by headteacher Martina Parker. It has a capacity of 210 pupils and currently enrols 204, so it is running close to full. A notable feature of its intake is that 84. 8 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well above the national average and gives a strong indication of the level of disadvantage the school serves. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 59 applications for 22 places and 20 first-preference offers made.
Key Details
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- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
2 Mar 2023Source: Ofsted, 26 Apr 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:40 – 15:15
Breakfast club
08:00-08:30
Source: st-chads.bham.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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