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Christ The King Catholic Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B44 0QN

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 January 2025

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At a glance

392 pupils · 124% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
45.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.christkng.bham.sch.uk
URN
103423

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 1.09 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 7 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.09 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
Tipton Green Junior SchoolTipton · 8 miles awayExpected standard57%
Saxon Way Primary SchoolGillingham · 131 miles awayGood (2016)62%
Middleton Primary SchoolLeeds · 84 miles awayGood53%
Temple Meadow Primary SchoolCradley Heath · 9 miles awayGood41%
The Beacon Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool · 76 miles awayOutstanding58%
Spring Vale Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 10 miles awayStrong standard85%
William Stockton Community Primary SchoolEllesmere Port · 67 miles awayExpected standard63%
Co-op Academy Clarice CliffStoke-on-Trent · 33 miles awayExpected standard71%
Oasis Academy Short HeathBirmingham · under 1 mile awayGood78%
Fairisle Junior SchoolSouthampton · 112 miles awayGood76%
Glenbrook Spencer AcademyNottingham · 40 miles awayGood69%
St Wilfrid's Catholic AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 38 miles awayGood56%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 44% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Black African 24% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%)

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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.05 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

40.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 24.9 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 £49,530; 13.6% 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£7,355
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£33,396; in-year balance +£82,860

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.2%62.3%
Social housing35.5%17.1%
Privately rented16.4%20.5%
Detached houses3.8%22.9%
Flats20%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van39.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009134 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£197,000450 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,500–£220,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£270,000
Semi-detached (209)£205,000
Terraced (201)£192,000
Flat (33)£125,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
28an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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