St Paul's Catholic Primary School

About St Paul's Catholic Primary School

St Paul’s Catholic Primary School sits within Birmingham’s large and varied primary landscape, where it ranks 94th out of 254 schools in the local authority — placing it comfortably in the top half. The three highest-scoring peers in the area are Little Sutton Primary School, Cromwell Junior and Infant School, and Lift Lea Forest, all of which sit at the top of the LA rankings. St Paul’s is a smaller-than-average Roman Catholic primary with 173 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it serves a community with a notably high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals — 68.6 per cent. The school has nursery provision and is oversubscribed: for 20 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 42 applications, with 17 first-preference offers made. That level of demand suggests a strong local reputation, even in a competitive Birmingham market where 28 primaries hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted.

Academically, St Paul’s performs above the Birmingham average at Key Stage 2. The school’s proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 67 per cent, compared with the LA average of 63 per cent. In reading, 73 per cent met the expected standard and 43 per cent achieved the higher standard — a strong showing. Maths saw 77 per cent at expected and 20 per cent at higher, while writing had 77 per cent at expected and 10 per cent at higher. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 104 in maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2021, rated it Good overall and Good across all categories — a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. The early years provision, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all received Good grades.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including playing fields, a sports hall, art studios, music rooms and a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, cricket, cross country, swimming, dance, athletics and football, while clubs cover science, coding and eco activities. SEND provision is broad, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking a faith-based primary with strong academic outcomes relative to its local context, St Paul’s is a realistic choice — oversubscribed but not unreachable, and clearly popular enough to draw 17 first-preference applications for its 20 places. Its Good Ofsted rating and above-average KS2 results make it a solid option within Birmingham’s Catholic primary sector.

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