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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)

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

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

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 awayNot yet graded63%
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%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

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

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,411
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

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%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01009134 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,271 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£195,000428 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£220,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£272,500
Semi-detached (197)£205,000
Terraced (192)£192,500
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.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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 5.8
All reported collisions
28an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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