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St Saviour's C of E Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B8 1JB

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 January 2020

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At a glance

403 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
58.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
93.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stsavioursceprimary.co.uk
URN
103406

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 52 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 8 January 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 52 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Springfield Primary AcademyBirmingham · 3 miles awayGood53%
Palfrey Junior SchoolWalsall · 8 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Bradley Primary SchoolNelson · 94 miles awayGood60%
Leigh Primary SchoolBirmingham · under 1 mile awayExpected standard63%
John Scurr Primary SchoolLondon · 102 miles awayGood72%
Zaytouna Primary SchoolDerby · 33 miles awayGood56%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 39 miles awayRequires improvement44%
Lift MontgomeryBirmingham · 2 miles awayOutstanding83%
Brandwood Primary SchoolBolton · 78 miles awayGood56%
Lawrence Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 77 miles awayNeeds attention38%
The Olive School, Small HeathBirmingham · 2 miles awayOutstanding97%
Thornton Primary SchoolBirmingham · 1 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 70% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 17% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Not recorded 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,380; 15.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,274
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 20% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £409,840; in-year balance +£7,767

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications36.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways42.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.9%62.3%
Social housing25.1%17.1%
Privately rented29.3%20.5%
Detached houses10.5%22.9%
Flats13.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009483 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000117 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£198,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (29)£175,000
Terraced (84)£170,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
76an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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